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COLLECTION 


Pfalms  and  Hymns, 


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PUBLIC  WORSHIP 


SECOND   EDITION, 


Printed  by  Willi a :.i   Carlton,  Salem , 
J  795- 


PSALMS  felected  from  the  Pfalms  of  Davjd, 
according  to  Tate  and  Brady's  Verlion. 

PSALMS  o/"  Praise  and  Adoration.    ' 

flRST      METRE. 

PSALM       L 

From  the  %tb  cf  Da-jid. 

&*/~\  THOU,  to  whom  all  creatures  bow 

\J     Within  this  earthly  frame, 
Thro'  all  the  world  how  great  art  thou, 
How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 

2,  In  heav'nthy  wond'rous  acts  are  fung, 
Nor  fully  reckon'd  there  ; 
And  yet  thou  mak'ft  the  infant  tongue 
Thy  boundlel's  praife  declare. 

3  When  heav'n,  thy  beaut'ous  work  on  higlb 

Employs  my  wond'ring  fight ; 
The  moon,  tnat  nightly  rules  the  fey, 
With  Itars  of  feebler  light  j 

4  What's  man  (fay  1}  that,  Lord,  thou  lov'it 

To  keep  him  in  tjiy  mind  ? 
Or  what  his  offspiing,  that  thou  prov'fl: 
To  them  fo  wond'rous  kind  ? 

5  Him  next  in  pow'r  thou  didlt  create 

To  thy  celeitial  train  ; 
Ordain'd,  with  dignity  and  ftate, 
O'er  all  thy  works  to  reign. 

6  They  jointly  own  his  powerful  fway  j 

The  beafts  that  prey  or  graze  i 


4  PSALMS    II.    ITL 

The  bird  that  wings  his  airy  way  j 
The  fifti  that  cuts  the  leas. 

7  O  thou,  to  whom  ail  creatures  bow 
Within  this  earthly  frame, 
Thro'  all  the  world  how  great  art  taoOa 
How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 


i  nno  c 


P.     S     A.    L     M         II. 

From  the  gib  of  David. 
celebrate  thy  praife,  O  Lord  \ 


will. my  heart  prepare, 
To  all  the  lift'ning  world  thy  works^ 
Thy  wond'rous- works  declare. 

z  The  thought  of  them  fhall  to  rny  foul 
Exalted  pleaiirras  bring  ; 
Whilft  to  thy  name,  O  thou  moft  High3 
Triumphant,  praife  I  fing. 

3  The  Lord  forever  lives,  who  has 

His  righteous  throne  prepar'di 
Impartial  juftice  to  difpenfe*. 
To  punifh  or  reward- 

4  God  is  a  constant,  fure  defence 

Againft  opprefiing  rage  : 
As  troubles  rife,  his  needful  aids 
In  our  behalf  engage. 

5  All  thofe  who  have  his  goodnefs  prov'd, 

Will  in  his  truth  confide  ; 
Whofe  mercy  ne'er  forfook  the  man 
That  on  his  help  rcly'd. 

PSALM         III. 

From  the  \iyh  of  David. 

i  nPHE  heav'ns  declare  thy  glory,  Lord} 
J,       Which  that  alone  can  nil  ; 


PSALM-  IV. 

The  firwument  and  ftars  exprefs 
Their  great  Creator's  fkill. 

a'  The  dawn  of  each  returning  day 
Frefh  beams  of  knowledge  brings  ; 
From  darkeit  night's  fucceiiive  rounds 
Divine  inftructicn  fprings. 

3  .Their  pow'rful  language  to  'no  realm 

Or  region  is  confm'd  ; 
*Tis  nature's  voice,  and  underftood 
Alike  by  all  mankind. 

4  Their  doctrine  does  it's  facred  fenfe 

Thro'  earth's  extent  difplay  ; 
Whole  bright  contents  the  circling  fun 
Does  round  the  world  convey. 

5  From  eaft  to  weft*  from  weft  to  eaft» 

His  reftlefs  courfe  he  goes  ; 
And  thro'  his  progrefs  cheerful  light 
And  vital  warmth  bellows. 

PSALM         IV. 

From  the  ^Z4  of  David. 

X  T    FT  all  the  juft,  to  God,  with  joy, 
-L-rf     Their  cheerful  voices  raife  : 
Tor  well  the  .righteous  it  b.comes» 
To  ling  glad  i'ongs  of  pvaife. 

2  For  faithful  is  the  word  of  God  ; 

His  works  with  tuith  abound,  ; 

He  juftice  loves  ;  .and  all'  tne  earth 

Is  with  his  goodnefs  crowa'd. 

3  By  his  almighty  word,  at  firft. 

Heaven's  glorious  arch  wa;  renr'd  ; 
And  all  the  beaut'ous  hofts  of  light 
At  his  command  appear'd. 
A 


6  PSALM    V; 

4  The  f welling  floods,  together  roll'd, 

He  makes  in  heaps  to  lie  ; 
And  lays,  as  in  a  ftorehoufe,  fafe, 
The  wat'ry  treafures  by. 

5  Let  earth,  and  all  that  dwell  therein, 

Before  him,  trembling,  ftand  ; 
For,  when  he  fpake  the.  word, .  'twas  made  > 
'Twas  fix'd  at  his  command. 

6  Whate'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees! 

Shall  ftand  forever  fure  ; 
The  fettled  purpofe  of  his  heart 
To  ages  fhall  endure. 


SECOND     METRE. 

PSALM        V. 

The  93  </  of  David. 

i  T¥7TTH  glory  clad,  with  ftrength  array 'd, 
VV       The  Lordi  that  o'er  all  nature  reigns? 
The  world's  foundations  ftrongly  laid, 
And  the  vaft  fabrick  flill  fuftains. 

2,  How  furely  "ftablifh'd  is  thy  throne  ! 
Which  will  no  change  or  period  lee  ; 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  and  thou  alone, 
Art  God  from  all  eternity. 

3  The  floods,  O  Lord,  lift  up  their  voice, 

And  tofs  the  troubled  waves  on  high  ; 
But  God  above  can  flill  their  noife, 
And  make  the  angry  fea  comply. 

4  Thy  promife.  Lord,  is  ever  fure  ; 

And  they  that  in  thy  houfe  would  dwell, 
That  happy  ftation  to  fecure, 
Muft  ltill  in  holinefs  excel. 


B-  S  A  fc  M  S    VI.    VII. 

P     S     A     L     M         VI. 

From  the  §$th  of  David. 

r  /"\  COME,  loud  anthems  let  us  ling  ; 
v/  Loud  thanks,  to  our  Almighty  King,  r 
For  we  our  voices  high  mould  raile, 
When  our  falvation's  Rock  we  praife, 

2  Into  his  prefence  let  us  hafle, 

To  thank  himfor  his  favours  pall  :  - 
To  him  addrefs,  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praiie  that  to  his  name  belongs, 

3  For  God,  the  Lord,  enthron'd  inflate* 
Is,  with  unrival'd  glory,  great  ; 

A  King,  fuperior,  far,  to  all, 
Whom  by  his  title,  God,  we  call. 

4,  The  depth*  of  earth  are  in  his  hand* 
Her  fecret  wealth  at  his  command  ; 
The  ftrength  of  hills,  that  threat  the  fkies^ 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

5  The  rolling  ocean's  vail  abyfs, 

$y  the  fame  fov'reign  right,  is  his  ; 
'Tis  mov'd  by  his  almighty  hand, 
Who  form'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  land,- 

6  O  let  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there  ; 
Down  on  our  knees,  devoutly,  all* 
Before  the  Lord,  our  maker,  falL 

P     SAL     M        VII. 

The  xooth  of  David. 

J  TXTITH  one  confent,  let  all  the  earth 

V  V       To  God  their  cheerful  voices  raife  ; 
Glad  homage  pay,  with  awful  mirth, 
And  fing  before  him  fongs  of  ptfaife. 


8  PSALM    VHL~. 

a^Convinc'd  that  he  is  God  alone, 

From  whom  both  we  and  all  proceed  J  - 
We,  whom  he  chooles  for  his  own, 
The  flock  which  he  vouchsafes  to  feed. 

3  O  enter  then  his  temple  gate, 

Thence  to  his  courts  devoutly  prefs  ; 
And  ftili  your  grateful  hymns  repeat, 
And  Hill  his  name  with  praiiesijlefs, 

4  For  he's  the  Lord,  fupremely  good  ; 

His  mercy  is  forever  fure  ; 
His  truth,  which  all  times  lirmly  floods 
To  endlefs  ages  mall  endure. 

P     S     A     L     M         Vlil. 

From  the  io^t/j  of  David. 

*- T>  LESS  God,  my  foul  1  Thou,  Lord,  alone, 

JLX-    Poflefleft  empire  without  bounds  ; 
With  honour  thou  art  crown'd  ;  thy  throne 
Eternal  majefty  furrounds. 

3  With  light  thou  dofl  thy felf  enrobe* 
And  glory  for  a  garment  take  ; 
Heav'n's  curtains  ftretch  beyond  the  globe} 
Thy  canopy  ot'ftate  to  make. 

3   God  builds  on  liquid  air,  and  forms 
His  palace  chambers  in  the  Ikies  ; 
The  clouds  his  chariots  are,  and  ftorms 

The  fwift-wing'd  fteeds  with  which  he  flies* 

4, As.  bright  as  flame,  as  fwift  as  wind> 
His  minifters  heav'n's  palace  fill, 
To  have  their  fundry  talks  afllgn'd  ; 
Ail  proud  to  ferve  their  fov 'reign's  wiH. 

5 -Earth  on  her  centre  fix'd  he  fet, 
Ker  face  with  water  overfpr^ad  5 


PSALM    VIII. 

Mpr  proudeft  mountains  dar'd>  as  yet 
•  To  lift  above  the  waves  their  head. 

6  But  when  thy  awful  faceappear'd, 

Th'  infulting  waves  difpers'd  ;  they  fled, 
When  once  thy  thunder's  voice  they  heard, 
And  by  their  hafte  eonfefs'd  their  dread. 

7  Thenee  up  by  fecret  tracks  they  creep, 

And,  gufhing  from  the  mountains  fide, 
Thro'  vailies  travel  to  the  deep 
Appointed  to  receive  their  tide. 

3  There  haft:  thou  fix'd  the  ocean's  bounds,  . 

The  threat'ning  furges  to  repel  ; 
That  they  no  more  o'erpafs  their  mound^ 
Ndr  to  a  fecond  deluge  {well. 

Yet  thence  in  fmaller  parties  drawn,. 
The  fea  recovers  her  loft  hills  ; 
And  flatting  fprings,  from  ev'ry  lawn, 
Surprife  the  vales  with  plenteous  rills, 

To  The  fields'  tame  beafts  are.  thither  led, 
Weary  with  labour,  faint  with  drought? 
And  alles,  on  wild  mountains  bred, 
Have  fenfe  to  find  thefe  currents  out. 

ii  There"  fhady  trees  from  fcorching  beams, 
Yield  fhelter  to  the  feather'd  throng  ; 
They  drink,  and  to  the  bounteous  ftreams 
Return  the  tribute  of  their  fpng, 

12  His  rains  from  heav'n  parch'd  hills  recruits 

That  loon  tranfmit  the  liquid  ftore  ; 
'Till  earth  is  burden'd  with  her  fruit, 
And  nature's  lap  can  hold  nomor£. 

13  Grafs,  for  our  cattle  to  devour, 

He  makes  the  growth  of  every  field  ; 
Herbs,  for  man's  ufe,  of  various  pow'r?  ; 
That  either  feod  orphyfick  yield. 


k>  PSAL  M    VIII. 

14  With  clufterM  grapes  he  crowns  the  vine, 

To  cheer  man's  heart,  oppreiVd  with  cares  ; 
Gives  oil,  that  makes  his  face  to  ihine  ; 
And  corn,  that  waited  ftrength  repair** 

15  The  trees  of  God,  without  the  care 

Or  art  qi'  man,  with  lap  are  led  j 
The  mountain  cedar  looks  as  fair, 
As  thole  in  royal  gardens  bred. 

16  Safe  in  the  lofty  cedar's  arms 

The  wand'rers  of  the  air  may  reft  ; 
The  hofpitable  pine  from  harms 
Protects  the  ftork,  her  pious  gueft. 

17  Wild  goats  the  craggy  rock  afcend, 

Its  tow'ring  heights  their  fortrefs  make* 
Whofe  cells  in  labyrinths  extend, 
Where  .feebler  creatures  refuge  take. 

18  The  moon's  inconftant  afpe£l  (hows 

Th'  appointed  feafons  of  the  year  j 
Th'  inftrudled  fun  his  duty  knows, 
His  hours  to  rife  and  difappear. 

19  Darknefs  he  makes  the  earth  to  fhroud, 

When  foreft-beafts  f ecu  rely  ftray  ; 
Young  lions  roar  their  wants,  aloud 
To  Providence,  that  fends  them  prey. 

ab  They  range  all  night,  on  flaughter  bent, 
'Till,  fuuimon'd  by  the  riling  morn 
To  fkulk  in  dens,  with  one  eonfent, 
The  confeious  ravagers  return. 

-2-1   Forth  to  the  tillage  of  his  foil 
The  huibandman  fecurely  goes, 
Commencing  with  the  fun  his  toil, 
With  him  returns  to  his  repofe. 

2.Z  How  various,  Lord,  thy  works  are  found  1 
Fox  which  thy  .wifdom  we  adore  t 


PSA  VM    VIII.  ft 

-The  earth  is  with  thy  treafure  crown'd, 
Till  nature's  hand  can  grafp  no  move. 

•  23  But  (till  the  vaft  unfathom'd  main 
'Of  wonders  a  new  fcene  fupplies, 
Whole  depths  inhabitants  contain 
Of  ev'ry  form  and  ev'ry  f.ze. 

24  Full  freighted  ihips,  from  ev'ry  port, 
There  cut  their  unmolefted  way  ; 
Leviathan,  whom  there  to'fport 

Thou  mad'ft,  has  compafs  there  to  play- 

s«5  Thefe  various  troops  of  fea  and  land. 
In  fenfe  of  common  want  agree  j 
All  wait  on  thy  difpenfing  hand, 

And  have  their  daily  alms  from  thee, 

26  They  gather  what  thy  ftores  difperfe* 
Without  their  trouble  to  provide  ; 
Thou  op 'It  thy  hand,  the  univerfe, 
The  craving  world,  is  all  fupply'd. 

37  Thou  for  a  moment  hid'ft  thy  face* 

Thenum'rous  ranks  of  creatures  mourn  "t 
Thou  tak'ft  their  breath,  all  nature's  race 
Forthwith  to  mother  earth  return. 

A%  Again  thou  fend'ft  thy  fpirit  forth, 
T'  infpire  the  mafs  with  vital  feed-; 
Nature's  reftor'd,  and  parent  earth 
Smiles  on  her  new  created  breed. 

&9  Thus  through  fucceflive  ages  ftands, 
Firm  fix'd,  thy  providential  care ; 
Pleas'd  with  the  work  of  thine  own  hands* 
Thou  doft  the  waftes  of  time  repair. 

30  In  praifing  God,  while  he  prolongs 
My  breath,  I  will  that  breath  employ; 
And  join  devotion  to  my  fongs, 
Sincere  as  h  ig  him  my  joy» 


}z  PSALMS    IX.     X. 

PSALM        IX. 

From  the  nuh  of  David. 
i   T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  our  God  to  prai  A; 
JL      My  foul  her  utmoft  pow'rs  fhall  raile  , 
With  private  friends,  and  in  the  throng 
Of  faints,  his  praife  fhall  be  my  fcng. 

i  His  works,  for  greatnefs  tho'  renown'd, 
His  wond'rous  works,  with  eafe  are  found 
By  thofe  who  feek  for  them  aright, 
And  in  the  pious  fearch  delight. 

-  3  His  works  are  all  of  matchlefs  fame, 
And  univerful  glory  claim  ; 
His  truth,  confirm'd  thro'  ages  pah\, 
Shall  to  eternal  ages  laft. 

.„&  By  precept  he  has  usenjoin'd, 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  works  in  mind  j 

And  to  posterity  record, 

That  good  and  gracious  is  our  Lord. 

.  5  Juft  are  the  dealings  of  his  hands ; 
Immutable  are  his  commands  ; 
By  truth  and  equity  fuftain'd, 
And  for  eternal  rules  ordain'd. 

4  Who  wifdom's  facred  prize  would  wi»» 
Muft  with  the  fear  of  God  begin, 
Immortal  praife  and  heav'nly  fkill 
Have  they  who  know  and  do  his  wiH. 

P     S     A     L     N         X. 

From  the  izqth  of  Dav'fd, 

\  HPHOU,  Lord,  by  ftrideft  fearch   haft  knov^i 
A     My  rifing  up  and  lying  down  : 
My  fecret  thoughts  are  known  to  thee, 
'^nown  long  before  conceiv'ci  by  rr*c. 


PSALM    XI. 

i  Thine  eye  my  bed  and  path  furveys,1 
My  publick  haunts  and  private  ways  : 
Thou  know'ft  what  'tis  my  lips  would  vent) 
My  yet  unutter'd  words'  intent. 

3  Surrounded  by  thy  pow'r  I  ftand  ; 
On  ev'ry  fide  I  find  thy  hand. 

0  (kill,  for  human  reach  too  high  ! 
Too  dazzling  bright  for  mortal  eye  ! 

4  Let  me  acknowledge,  too,  O  God, 
That  fince  this  maze  of  life  I  trod, 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  me  furmount 
The  pow'r  of  numbers  to  recount  : 

5  Far  fooner  could  I  reckon  o'er 
The  fands  upon  the  ocean's  fhore  : 
Each  morn,  reviling  what  I've  done, 

1  find  ih'  account  but  new  begun. 

6  Search,  try,  O  God,  my  thoughts  and  hearts 
If  mifchief  links  in  any  part  i 

Coned  me  where  I  go  aft  ray, 
And  guide  me  in  thy  perfect  way. 


H 


PSALM         XL 

From  the  gift  of  David. 

E  that  has  God  his  guardian  made, 
Shall,  under  the  Almighty's  made, 
Secure  and  undiftuib'd  abide. 
Thus  to  my  foul  of  him  I'll  fay, 
He  is  my  fortrefs'and  my  ftay, 
My  God,  in  whom  I  will  confide. 

His  tender  love  and  watchful  care 
Shall  free  thee  from  the  fowler's  fnare, 

And  from  the  noifome  peitilence  ; 
He  over  thee  his  wings  (ball  fpread, 
And  cover  thy  unguarded  head  ; 

His  truth  lhall  be  thy  ftrong  defence. 


.14         PSALMS    XII.    XIII. 

3  No  terrors,  that  furprize  by  night, 
Shall  thy  undaunted  courage  fright, 

Nor  deadly  fhafts  that  fly  by  day  ; 
Nor  plague,  of  unknown  rife,  that  kills 
In  darknefs,  nor  infectious  ills, 

That  in  the  hottefl  feafon  flay. 

PSALM         XIL 

From  the  l\ph  of  David. 

i  "VT^E  faints  and  fervants  of  the  Lord, 
X     The  triumphs  of  his  name  record  j 

His  facred  name  forever  blefs. 
Where-e'er  the  circling  fun  difplays 
His  riling  beams,  or  fettir.g  rays, 
Due  praife  to  his  great  name  addrefs. 

■z  God  through  the  world  extends  his  fway  : 

The  regions  of  eternal  day 
But  fhadows  of  his  glory  are. 

To  him,  whofe  majefty  excels, 
Who  made  the  heav'n  wherein  he  dwellst 

Let  no  created  power  compare. 

FOURTH      METRE. 

PSALM         XIII. 

From  the  2$t/j  of  David. 

i  rT"»HY  mercies  and  thy  love, 
X     O  Lord,  recal  to  mind; 
And  gracicufly  continue  ftill» 
As  thou  wert  ever,  kind. 

i  To  me  thy  truth  impart, 

And  lead  me  in  thy  way  ! 
For  thou  art  He  that  brings  me  help* 
On  thee  I  wait  all  day. 

3  Let  all  my  youthful  crimes 
Be  blotted  out  by  thee  j 


PSALM    XIV.      .         r* 

And  for  thy  v/ond'rous  goodnefs  fake* 
In  mercy  think  on  me. 

4  His  mercy  and  his  truth, 

The  righteous  Lord  difplays. 
In  bringing  wand'ring  finners  homes 
And  teaching  them  his  ways. 

5  He  thofe  in  juftice  guides, 

Who  his  direction  feek  ; 
And  in  his  facred  paths  ihall  lead 
The  humble  and  the  meek. 

6  Through  all  the  ways  of  God 

Both  truth  and  mercy  lhine, 
To  fuch  as,  with  religious  hearts* 
To  his  bleit  will  incline. 

FIFTH     METRE. 

PSALM         XIV. 

From  the  j^gtb  of  David. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord,  prepare  a  new  fong, 
And  let  all  his  faints  in  full  chorus  join  ; 
With  voices  united  the  anthem  prolong, 
And  mew-forth  his  praiies  with  mufick  divine. 

a  Let  praife  to  the  Lord,  who  made  us,  afcend  ; 

Let  each  grateful  heart  be  glad  in  ks  King  ; 

For  God,  whom  we  worfhip,  our  longs  will  attend* 
■     And  view  with  complacence  the  offering  we;  bring . 

3  Be  joyful,  ye  faints,  fuftain'd  by  his  might, 
And  let  your  glad  fongs  awake  with  each  morn  ; 
For  thofe  who  obey  him  are  Rill  his  delight  ; 
His  hand  with  faivation  the  meek  will  adorn. 

4  Then  praife  ye  the  Lord,  prepare  a  glad  forig* 
And  let  all  his  faints  in  full  chorus  join  ; 


o 


i6  PSALM    XV. 

With  voices  united  the  anthem  prolong, 
And  fliew  forth  his  praifes  with  mufick  divi. 


SIXTH     METRE. 

PSALM         XV. 
From  the  1 4S/-6  of  David. 

1  "V7"E  boundlefs  realms  of  joy, 

X     Exalt  your  Maker's  fame  ; 
His  praife  your  fongs  employ 
Above  the  ftarry  frame  5 
Your  voices  raife, 
Ye  Cherubim 
And  Seraphim, 
To  fing  his  praife. 

2  Thou  moon  that  rul'ft  the  night, 

And  fun  that  guid'ft  the  day  j 
Ye  glitt'ring  ftars  of  light, 
To  him  your  homage  pay  ; 
His  praife  declare, 
Ye  heav'ns  above, 
And  clouds  that  move 
In  liquid  air. 

3  Let  them  adore  the  Lord, 

And  praife  his  holy  name, 
By  whole  almighty  word 

They  all  from  nothing  came  : 
'And  all  lhall  laft, 
From  chinges  free  ; 
His  firm  decree 
Stands  ever  faft. 

4  United  zeal  be  (hown, 

His  wond'rous  fame  to  raife. 
Whole  glorious  name  alone 
Deferves  our  end.lefs  praife. 


PSALM    XVT.  if 

Earth's  utmoft  ends 
His  pow'r  obey  : 
His  glorious  fway 

The  fky  tranfcends. 


SEVENTH      METRE. 

PSALM         XVI. 

From  the  g6t&  of  David. 

1.  Q ING  to  the  Lord  a  new  made  fong  s 
O  Let  earth,  in  one  afiembled  throng, 
Her  common  patron's  praife  refound  ; 

Sing  to  the  Lord  and  blefs  his  name, 

From  day  to  day  his  praife  proclaim, 
Who  us  has  with  falvation  crown'd, 

To  heathen  lands  his  fame  rehearfe. 

His  wonders  to  th&  univerfe. 

2  He's  great,  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd  ; 
In  majefty  and  glory  rais'd 

Above  all  other  deities  ; 
For  pageantry  and  idols  all 
Are  they  whom  Gods  the  heathen  call  ;   . 

He  only  rules  who  made  the  Ikies: 
With  majefty  and  honour  crown'd, 
Beauty  and  ftrength  his  throne  furround^ 

3  Proclaim  aloud,  Jehovah  reigns, 
Whofe  pow'r  the  univerfe  fuftains, 

And  baniih'd  juftice  will  reftore  : 
Let  therefore  heav'n  new  joys  confefs» 
And  heav'nly  mirth  let  earth  exprefs, 

Its  loud  applaufe  the  ocean  roar  ; 
Its  mute  inhabitants  rejoice, 
And  for  its  triumph  find  a  voice. 
B  % 


18      PSALMS     XVII.     XVIII. 

PSALMS    o/Pray£R(   fuited  to  various-  Circum* 
Jlances  of  Life. 

PSALM         XVII. 

From  the  43^  of  David. 

1     A  S  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  dreams, 
ii     When  heated  in  the  chale, 
So  longs  my  foul.  O  God,  for  thee» 
And  thy  refreshing  grace. 

2,  For  thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 
My  thirfty  foul  doth  pine  ! 
O  when  fhail  \  behold  thy  face  ? 
Thou  majefty  divine  ! 

3  I  figh  whene'er  my  muting  thoughts 

Thofe  happy  days  prefent, 
When  I  with  troops  of  pious  friends 
Thy  temple  did  frequent ; 

4  When  I  advanc'd  with  fongs  of  praife, 

My  folemn  vows  to  pay, 
And  led  the  joyful  facred  throng 
That  kept  the  feftal  day. 

5  Why  reftiefs,  why  caft  down,  my  foul  ? 

Truft  God,  and  he'll  employ 
His  aid  for  thee  ;  and  change  thefe  fighs 
To  thankful  hymns  of  joy. 

6  Why  reftiefs,  why  caft  down,  my  foul  ? 

Hope  ftill,  and  thou  ihalt  ling 
The  praife  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 
Thy  health's  eternal  fpring. 

PSALM         XVIII. 
From  the  %qtb  of  David. 
LORD  of  hofts>  my  King  and  God, 


o 


How  highly  bleft  are  they 


PSALM    XIX,  i£ 

Who  in  thy  temple  always  dwell, 
And  there  thy  praife  difplay  ! 

2  Thrice  happy  they,  whofe  choice  has  thee 

Their  fure  prote&ion  made  ; 
Who  long  to  tread  the  facred  ways 
That  to  thy  dwelling  lead  ! 

3  For  in  thy  courts  one  fingle  day 

'Tis  better  to  attend, 
Than,  Lord,  in  any  place  befides-. 
A  thoufand  days  to  fpend. 

4  Much  rather  in  God's  houfe  will  I 

The  meaneft  office  take, 
Than  in  the  wealthy  tents  of  fin 
My  pompous  dwelling  make. 

5  For  God,  who  is  our  fun  and  fhield, 

Will  grace  and  glory  give  ; 
And  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold. 
From  them  that  juftly  live. 

6  Thou,  God,  whom  heav'nly  holts  obey* 

How  highly  bleft  is  he, 
Whofe  hope  and  truft,  fecurely  plac'd» 
Is  ftill  repos'd  on  thee  ! 


P     S     A     L  ■    M         XIX. 

From  the  &6l6  of  David. 

THOU  Lord  art  good,  not  only  good3 
But  prompt  to  pardon  too  j 
Of  plenteous  mercy  to  all  thofe, 
Who  for  thy  mercy  fue. 

To  my  repeated  humble  pray'r, 

O  Lord,  attentive  be  ! 
When  troubled,  I  on  thee  will  calU 

For  thou  wilt  anfwer  me. 


zo  PSALM    XX\ 

3  Among  the  Cods  there's  none  like  thee, 

O  Lord,  alone  divine  ! 
To  thee  as  much  inferior  they, 
As  are  their  works  to  thine. 

4  Therefore  their  great  Creator,  thee, 

The  nations  fhail  adore  ; 
Their  long  mifguided  pray'rs  and  praife 
To  thy  bleft  name  reftore. 

5  All  fhall.confefs  thee  great,  and  great 

The  wonders  thou  haft  done  ; 
Confefs  thee  God,  the  God  lupreme, 
Confefs  thee  God  alone. 


PSALM         XX. 

From  the  go/A  -.f  David. 

3   f\  To  thy  fervants,  Lord,  return, 
V_y     And  fpeedily  relent ! 
As  we  of  our  mifdeeds,  do  thou 
Of  our  juft  doom,  repent. 

2  To  fatisfy  and  cheer  our  fouls, 

Thy  early  mercy  fend  ; 
That  we  may  all  our  days  to  come 
In  joy  and  comfort  fpend. 

3  Let  happy  times,  with  large  amends, 

Dry  up  our  former  tears  ; 
Or  equal  at  the  leaft  the  term 
Of  our  afflided  years. 

4  To  all  thy  fervants,  Lord,  let  this 

Thy  wond'rous  work  be  known, 
And  to  our  offspring  yet  unborn, 
Thy  glorious  pow'r  be  fhown. 

5  Let  thy  bright  rays  upon  us  fhine, 

Give  thou  our  work  fuccefs  j 


PS  ALMS    XXI.    XXII.       2i 

The  glorious  work  we  have  in  hand 
Do  thou  vouchfafe  to  blefs. 

PSALM         XXI. 

From  the  1417?  of  David. 

1  npO  thee,  O  Lord,  my  cries  afcend, 
A     O  haft.e  to  my  relief; 
And  with  aceuftom'd  pity  hear 
The  accents  of  my  grief. 

1  Inftead  of  off 'rings,  let  my  pray*r 
Like  morning  incenfe  rife  j 
My  lifted  hands  fupply  the  place 
Of  ev'ning  facrifice. 

3  From  hafty  language  curb  my  tongue^ 

And  let  a  conftant  guard 
Still  keep  the  portal  of  my  lips 
With  wary  liience  barr'd. 

4  From  wicked  men's  defigns  and  deeds 

My  heart  and  hands  reifrain  : 
Nor  let  me  in  the  booty  lhare 
Of  their  unrighteous  gain. 

5  Let  upright  men  reprove  my  faults, 

And  I  ihall  think  them  kind  ; 
Like  balm  that  heals  a  wounded  head*. 
I  their  reproof  lhall  find. 

$  And  in  return,  my  fervent  pray'r 
I  lhall  for  them  addrel's, 
When  they  are  tempted  and  reduc'd» 
Like  me,  to  fore  diftrefs. 


-O 


PSALM         XXII. 

From  the  63  d  cf  David. 

God,  my  gracious  God,  to  thee 
My  morning  pray'rs lhall  offer'd  be; 


ai  PSALM    XXIII, 

For  thee  my  thirfty  foul  does  pant ; 
My  fainting  flefh  implores  thy  grace> 
Within  this  dry  and  barren  place, 

Where  I  refrefhing  waters  want. 

a  My  life,  while  I  that  life  enjoy, 
In  blefling  God  I  wilt'emplby, 

With  lifted  hands  adore  his  name  ; 
My  foul's  content  fhall  be  as  great, 
As  theirs  who  choicer!  dainties  eat, 

While  I  with  joy  his  praife  proclaim. 

3  When  I  lie  down,  fvveet  fleep  to  find, 
Thou,  Lord,  art  prefent  to  my  mind, 

And  when  I  wake  in  dead  of  night  ; 
Becaufe  thou  ftill  doft  fuccour  bring, 
Beneat>  tne  friadow  of  thy  wing, 

I  reft  with  fafety  and  delight. 

P     S     A     L     M         XX1IL 

From  tbe  6jtb  of  David. 

j  HPO  blefs  thy  chofen  race, 
JL     In  mercy,  Lord,  incline; 
And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  face 
On  all  thy  faints  to  fhine : 

3  That  fo  thy  wond'rous  way 

May  through  the  world  be  known  ; 
Whilft  diftant  lands  their  tribute  pay, 
And  thy  falvation  own. 

3  Let  dirFring  nations  join 

To  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 
Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine 
To  praife  thy  glorious  name. 

4  O  let  them  fhout  and  fine, 

Diffolv'd  in  pious  mirth  ; 
Tor  thou,  the  righteous  Judge  and  Kingr 
Shalt  govern  ail  the  earth. 


PSALMS     XXIV.    XXV.      2$ 

Let  cliff' ring  nations  join, 

To  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 
Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine 

To  praife  thy  glorious  name' 


PSALMS  of  THANKSGIVING, 

PSALM         XXIV. 

From  the  zzd  of  David. 

1  rT~,0  all  my  brethren  I'll  declare 
X     The  triumphs  of  God's  name  ; 
In  prefence  of  affembled  faints, 
His  glory  I'll  proclaim. 

3  'Tis  his  fupreme  prerogative 
O'er  fubjed  kings  to  reign  ; 
'Tis  juft  that  he  mould  rule  the  world. 
Who  does  the  world  fuftain. 

3  The  rich,  who  are  with  plenty  fedf 
His  bounty  mult  confei's  ; 
The  fons  of  want,  by  him  reliev'd. 
Their  gen'rous  patron  blefs. 

-4  With  humble  wcrfliip,  to  his  throne 
They  all  for  aid  refort ; 
That  pow'r  which  frrft  their  beings  gave-j. 
Can  only  them  fupport. 

PSA     L     M        XXV. 

From  the  z'^d  of  David. 

1  nHHE  Lord  himfelf,  the  mighty  Lord? 
A     Vouchfafes  to  be  my  guide  ; 
The  fhepherd  by  whofe  conftant  care 
My  wants  are  all  fupply'd. 


P  S  A  L  M    JKCvi, 

a  In  tender  grafs  lie  makes  me  feed, 
And  gently  there  re pole  ; 
Then  leads  me  to  <:ool  fhades,  and  where 
Refreshing  water  flow*. 

3  He  does  my  wandYmg  foul  reclaim  : 

And,  to  his  endlefs  praile, 

Inftructs  with  humble  zeal  to  v 

la  his  moft  righteous  ways. 

4  I  pafs  the  gloomy  vale  of  death 

From  fear  and  danger  free  ; 
For  there  his  aiding  rod  and  lr,aff" 
Defend  and  comfort  me. 


PSALM         XXVI. 

From  the  \o1lh  of  David. 

GOD,  my  heart  is  fully  bent, 
To  magnify  thy  name  ; 
My  tongue,  with  cheerful  fongs  of  praif? 
Shall  celebrate  thy  fame. 


'O 


%  To  all  the  lift'ning  tribes,  O  Lord, 
Thy  wond'rous  works  I'll  tell  ; 
And  to  thofe  nations  ling  thy  praife, 
That  round  about  us  dwell : 

3  Becaufe  thy  mercy's  boundlefs  height 
The  higiiefl  heav'n  tranfeends  ; 
And  far  beyond  th'  afpirin<  i  luuc'r 
Thy  faithful  truth  e*t< 

A,  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high 
Abo^e  the  itarry  frame  ; 
•And  let  the  world,  with  one  confent^ 
Coni'ei'i  thy  gloiiousname. 


PSAL  M  S    XXVII.    XXVHI.    15 

PSALM         XXVII, 

From  the  \%th  of  David. 

x  nPHQI?  fuit'ft,  O  Lord,  thy  righteous  ways 
A.       To  various  paths  of  human  kind  ; 
They  who  for  mercy  merit  praife? 
With  thee  mail  wond'rous  mercy  find. 

1  Thou  to'the  juft  mail  juftice  (how, 
The  pure  thy  purity  mail  fee  ; 
Such  asperverfely  choofe  to  'go, 

Shall  meet  with  due  returns  from  thee. 

3  For  Ged's  defigns  fhall  fiill  fucceed  ; 

His  word  will  bear  the  utmoft  tell  1 
He's  a  ftreng  mield  to  all  that  need, 
'    And  on  his  fure  protection  reft. 

4  Who  thendeferves  to  be  ador'd, 

But  God,  on  whom  my  hopes  depend  ? 
Or  who,  except  the  mighty  Lord, 
Can  with  leiiftlefs  pow'r  defend  ? 

5  Therefore,  to  celebrate  his  fame, 

My  grateful  voice  to  heav'n  I'll  raife  ; 
And  nations j  ftrangers  to  his  name, 
Shall  thus  be  taught  to  fing  his  praife. 

PSALM         XXVIII.         , 

From  the  103d  of  David. 

g  rTHHE  Lord  abounds  with  tender  love* 
A       And  unexampled  a&s  of  grace  ; 
His  waken'd  wrath  dees  flowly  move, 
His  willing  mercy  flows  apace. 

a  God  will  not  always  harflily  chide, 

But  with  his  anger  quickly  part ;      I 
And  loves  his  punifhments  to  guide, 
More  by  his  love  than  our  d'sfert, 
C 


o 


26     PSALMS    XXIX.    XXX, 

3  As  high  as  heav'n  its  arch  extends  - 

Above  this  little  fpot  of  clay, 
So  much  his  boundlefs  love  tranfcends 
The  fmall  refpe&s  that  we  can  pay. 

4  As  far  as  'tis  from  eaft  to  weft, 

So  far  has  he  our  fins  remov'd  ; 
Who,  with  a  father's  tender  breaft, 
Has  fuch  as  fear  him  always  lov'd. 

PSALM         XXIX. 

From  the  106th  of  David. 

RENDER  thanks  to  God  above* 
The  fountain  of  eternal  love  ; 

Whofe  mercy  firm  through  ages  paft 

Has  flood,  and  lhall  forever  laft. 

3  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  exprefs, 
Not  only  vaft  but  numberlefs  ? 
What  mortal  eloquence  can  raife 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praife  ? 

3  Happy  are  they,  and  only  they, 
Who  from  thy  judgments  never  ftray  : 
Who  know  what's  right,  not  only  fo» 
But  always  pradife  what  they  know. 

4  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  fee 
Thy  faints  in  full  profperity  ! 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine. 

PSALM         XXX. 

From  toe  iojt/j  of  David. 

;ji  npHEY  that  in  fhips,  with  courage  bold» 
JL     O'er  fwelling  waves  their  trade  purfue* 
Do  God's  amazing  works  behold, 
And  in  the  deep  his  wonders  view  I 


P  S  A  L  M    X'XXI.  27 

%  No  fooner  his  command  is  paft, 

But  forth  a  dreadful  tempefi  flies, 

Which  fweeps  the  fea  with  rapid  blaft, 

And  makes  the  itormy  billows  rife. 

3  Sometimes  the  (hips,  tofs'd  up  to  heav'n* 

On  tops  of  mountain  waves  appear  ; 

Then  down  the  fteep  abyfs  are  driv'n, 

Whilft  ev'ry  foul  diiTolves  with  fear. 

4  They  reel  and  ftagger  to  and  fro, 

Like  men  with  fumes  of  wine  opprefl ; 
Nor  do  the  fkilful  feamen  know 
Which  way  to  fteer,  what  courfe  is  beft. 

5  Then  ftrait  to  God's  indulgent  ear 

They  do  their  mournful  cry  addrefs, 
Who  gracioufly  vouehfafes  to  hear, 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diitrefs. 

6  He  does  the  raging. ftorm  appeafe, 

And  makes  the  billows  calm  and  ftill  ; 
With  joy  they  fee  their  fury  ceafe, 
And  their,  intended  courfe  fulfil. 

7.  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 

Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praiie  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Thro'  all  the  wond'ring  world  difplays  t 

PSALM         XXXI. 

Frcm  the  150//6  of  David. 

1  r^  PRAISE  the  Lord  in  that  bleft  place, 
v/  From  whence  his  goodnefs  largely  flows  5 
Praife  him  in  heav'n,  where  he  his  face 

Unveil'd  in  perfed  glory  mows. 

2  Praife  him  for  all  the  mighty  acls 

Which  he  in  our  behalf  has  done  j 


28  PSALM     XXXII. 

His  kindnefs  this  return  exa&s, 
With  which  our  praife  fhould  equal  run. 

3  Let  the  ilirill  trumpet's  warlike  voice 

Make  rocks  and  hills  his  praife  rebound  ; 
Praife  him  with  harp's  melodious  noife> 
And  gentle  pfaltry's  filver  found. 

4  Let  virgin  troops  foft  timbrels  bring, 

And  lome  with  graceful  motion  dante  ; 
Let  inftruments  of  various  firings, 
With  organs  join'd,  his  praife  advance. 

5  Let  them  who  joyful  hymns  compofe. 

To  cymbals  let  their  fongs  of  praife  ; 
Cymbals  of  common  ufe,  and  thofe 
That  loudly  found  on  folemn  days. 

6  Let. all  that  vital  breath  enjoy, 

The  breath  he  does  to  them  afford, 
In  juft  returns  of  praife  employ  ; 
Let  every  creature  praife  the  Lord. 

PSALM         XXXII. 

From  the  i$btb  of  David. 

i  HPO  God,  the  mighty  Lord, 
JL    Your  joyful  thanks  repeat : 
To  bim  due  praife  alford, 
As  good  as  he  is  great. 

for  God  does  prove 
Our  conftant  friend, 
His  bcuncllefs  love 
Shall  never  end. 

2,  To  him  whofe  wond'rous  povv'r 
All  other  gods  obey, 
Whom  earthly  kings  adore, 
This  grateful  homage  pay. 
Fur  God>  fife; 


P  S  A  L  M    XXXIII.  29 

3  By  his  Almighty  hand 
Amazing  works  are  wrought  ; 
The  heav'ns  by  his  command 
Were  to  perfection  brought. 

For  God,  &c. 

4  He  does  the  food  fupply, 
On  which  all  creatures  live: 
To  God  who  reigns  on  high 
Eternal  praifes  give 

For  God  will  prove 
Gur  conftant  friend, 
His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  end. 

INSTRUCTIVE        PSALMS, 

PSALM         XXXIII. 

From  tie  iji  of  David. 

I   T  TOW  bleft  is  he,  who  ne'er  contents 
JLJL  By  ill  advice  to  walk  ; 
Nor  Hands  in  tinners'  ways,  nor  fits. 
Where  men  profanely  talk  ; 

2.  But  makes  the  perfect  law  of  God 
His  bus'nefs  and  delight ; 
Devoutly  reads  therein  by  day, 
And  meditates  by  night. 

3  Like  fome  fair  tree,  which,  fed  by  ftreams^ 

With  timely  fruit  does  bend, 
He  ftill  ihall  fjouriih,  and  fuccefs 
All  his  deiigns  attend. 

4  Ungodly  men,  and  their  attempts, 

No  lafting  root  fnall  find  ; 
Untimely  blafted,  and  difpers'd 
Like  chaff  before  the  wind. 
C  2 


3o  PSAL  M     XXXIV.. 

5   For  God  approves  the  juft  man's  ways  ; 
To  happinefs  they  tend  ; 
But  finnersi  and  the  paths  they  tread. 
Shall  both  in  ruin  end. 


PSALM         XXXIV, 
From  the  ^\th  of  David. 

r   /~*  ONSIDER  that  the  righteous  man 

V.^   Is  God's  peculiar  choice  : 
And  when  to  him  I  make  my  pray'r. 
He  always  hears  my  voice. 

2  Then  Hand  in  awe  of  his  commands  ; . 

Flee  ev  ry  thing  that's  ill  ; 
Commune  in  private  with  your  hearts* 
And  bend  therri  to  his  will. 

3  The  place  of  other  facrifice 

Let  righteoufnefs  fupply  : 
And  let  your  hope,  fecurely  fix'd. 
On  God-alone  rely. 

4  While  worldly  minds  impatient  grows 

More  proip'rous  times  to  fee  ; 
Stilt  let  the  glories  of  thy  face 
Shine  brightly,  Lord,  on  me. 

5  So  mail  my  heart  o'erflovv  with  joy 

More  lafting  and  more  true, 
Than  theirs,  who  Mores  of  corn  and  wine 
Succeflively  renew. 

6  Then  down  in  peace  I'll  lay  my  head> 

And  take  my  needful  reft  ; 
No  other  guard,  O  Lord,  I  crave* 
Of  thy  defence  poiTels'd* 


PSALM    XXXV.  || 

PSALM         XXXV. 
From  the  15/-6  of  David, 

1  T    ORD,  who's  the  happy  man,  that  may 
JL/  To  thy  bleft  courts  repair  ; 

And,  while  he  bows  before  thy  throne, 
Shall  find  acceptance  there  ? 

2  'Tis  he,  whofe  ev'ry  thought  and  deed 

By  rules  of  virtue  moves  ; 
Whofe  gen'rcus  tongue  difdains  to  fpeak 
The  thing  his  heart  difproves  : 

j  Who  never  did  a  flander  forge 

His  neighbour's  fame  to  wound  ; 
Nor  hearken  to  a  falfe  report, 
By  malice  whifper'd  round : 

4  Who  vice,  in  all  its  pomp  and  pcw'r9 

Can  treat  with  juft  neglect ; 
And  piety,  though  cloth'd  in  rags> 
Religiouily  refpect  : 

5  Who  to  his  plighted  vows  and  truft 

Has  ever  firmly  ftood  ; 
And,  though  he  promife  to  his  lofs, 
He  makes  his  promife  good  : 

6  Who  feeks  not  by  oppreffive  ways 

His  treafure  to  employ  ; 
Whom  no  rewards  can  ever  bribe? 
The  guiltlefs  to  deffroy. 

7  The  man,  who,  by  this  fteady  courfe 

Has  happinefs  enfur'd, 
When  earth's  foundation  fhakes,  fhall  fland, 
By  Providence  lecui'd. 


32    PSALMS    XXXVI.    XXXVII, 

P     S     A     L     M         XXXVI. 

From-th*  igt/j  cf  David. 

i    /~*  OD's  pcrfedl  law  converts  the  foul, 
V_T     Reclaims  from  falfe  defircs  i 
With  facred  wifdom  his  lure  word 
The  ignorant  inlpires. 

a  The  ftatutes  of  the  Lord  are  juil, 
And  bring  fineere  delight  :  . 
His  pure  commands,  in  l'earch  of  truth* 
Affiit  the  feebleft  fight. 

3  His  perfed  worlhip  here  is  fix'd, . 

On  fure  foundations  laid: 
His  equal  laws  are  in  the  l'cales 
Of  truth  and  juitice  weigh'd. 

4  Of  more  efieem  than  golden  mines* 

Or  gold  )eiin'd  with  frill  ; 
More  fwcet  than  honey,  or  the  drops 
That  from  the  comb  ciiftil- 

f  But  what  frail  man  obferves  how  oft ; 
He  does  from  virtue  fall  ? 
O  !  cleanfe  me  from  my  lecret  faults, 
Thou,  God,  that  knov/'it  them  all. 

P     S     A     L     M         XXXVII. 

From  the  ^\th  of  David. 

3     A  TPROACH,  ye  pioufly  difpos'd, 
l\  And  my  initruciion  hear  ; 
I'll  teach  you  the  true  difcipline 
Of  a  religious  tear. 

a  Let  him,  who  length  of  life  defircs, 
And  proip'rous  ways  would  lee, 
From  fland'ring  language  keep  his  tongue? 
His  lips  from  fallhood  free  ; 


PSALM    XXXVIII.:  3$ 

3  The  crooked  paths  of  vice  decline. 

And  virtue's  ways  purfue  ; 
Eltablifh  peace,  where  'tis  begun, 
And,  where  'tis  loll,  renew. 

4  The  Lord,  from  heav'n,  beholds  the  juft 

With  favourable  eyes  ; 
And  when  diftrefs'd,  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  their  cries  : 


Whom  mercy  can't  reclaim, 
To  cut  them  off,  and  from  the  earth  - 
Blot  out  their  hated  name. 

PSALM         XXXVIII. 

From  the  n^th  cf  David. 


'H 


OW  blefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 
The  pure  and  perfect  way  ! 
Who  never  from  the  facred  paths 
Of  God's  commandment's  ftray  ! 

2  'Thrice  blefs'd  !  who  to  his  righteous  laws 

Have  ftill  obedient  been  ! 
And  have,  with  fervent,  humble  zeal, 
His  favour  fought  to  win  ! 

3  Such  men  their  utmoft  caution  ufe, 

To  fhun  each  wicked  deed  ; 

But  in  the  path  which  he  di reels 

With  conitant  care  proceed. 

4  Thou  ftri&ly  haft  enjoin'd  us,  Lord> 

To  learn  thy  facred  will  ; 
And  all  our  diligence  employ 
Thy  ftatutes  to  fulfil. 

5  O  then  that  thy  moft  holy  will 

Might  o'er  my  ways  prefideJ-. 


34  PSALM    XXXVIII. 

And  1  the  courfe  of  all  my  life 
By  thy  direction  guide  ! 

6  Then  with  affurance  would  I  walk, 

From  all  confufion  free; 
Convinc'd,  with  joy,  that  all  my  ways 
With  thy  commands  agree. 

7  The  wonders,  which  thy  law  contains, 

No  words  can  reprefent : 
Therefore,  to  learn  and  praclife  them 
My  zealous  heart  is  bent. 

X  The  very  entrance  to  thy  word 
Celeaial  light  difplays, 
And  knowledge  of  true  happinefs 
To  fimpleft  minds  conveys. 

9  With  eager  hopes,  L  waiting  ftood. 
And  fainted  with  defire, 
That  of  thy  wife  commands  I  might 
The  facred  ikill  acquire. 

jo  With  favour,  Lord,  look  down  on  me. 
Who  thy  relief  implore ; 
As  thou  art  wont  to  vifit  thofe 
That  thy  bielt  name  adore. 

j  i  Directed  by  thy  heav'nly  word 

Let  all  my  footiteps  be  ; 

Nor  wickednefs,  of  any  kind, 

Dominion  have  o'er  me. 

t2  Forever  and  forever,   Lord, 

Unchang'd  thou  doit  remain  ; 
Thy  word,  eftablifh'd  in  the  heav'ns, 
Does  ail  their  orbs  fuftain 

»3   Thro'  circling  ages,  Lord,  thy  truth 
Immoveable  (hall  fiarid; 
As  doth  the  earih,  which  thou  uphold  'ft 
By  thy  almighty  hand. 


PSALM    XXXIX. 

■"14  All  things  the  courfe  by  thee  ordain'd. 
E'en  to  this  day,  fulfil? 
They  are  thy  faithful  fubje&s  all, 
And  fervants  of  thy  will. 

15  Unlefs  thy  facred  law  had  been 

My  comfort  and  delight, 
I  muft  have  fainted  and  expir'd 
In  dark  affliction's  night. 

16  Thy  precepts,  therefore,  from  my  thoughts 

Shall  never,  Lord,  depart ; 
For  thou  by  them  haft  to  new  life 
Reftor'd  my  dying  heart. 

17  I've  feen  an  end  of  what  we  call 

Perfection  here  below  ; 
But  thy  commandments,  like  thyfelf» 
No  change  or  period  know. 

PSALM         XXXIX. 

From  the  %&th  of  David. 

s   f~\  LORD,  thy  mercy,  my  fure  hope, 
v_>/     The  higheft  orb  of  heav'n  tranfcends5 
Thy  facred  truth's  unrHeafur'd  fcope 
Beyond  the  fpreading  flcy  extends. 

2.  Thy  juftice  like  the  hills  remains  ; 

Unfathom'd  depths  thy  judgments  are  5 
Thy  providence  the  world  fuftains, 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  care. 

3  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  partake, 

With  what  affurance  (hall  the  juft 

Thy  ihelt'ring  wings  their  refuge  make, 

And  faints  to  thy  protection  truft  ! 

4  Such  guefts  mall  to  thy  courts  be  leds 

To  banquet  on  thy  love's  repaftj 


*  S  A  L  M    XL. 

And  drink,  as  from  a  fountain's  head* 
Of  joys  that  (ball  forever  laft. 

5  With  thee  the  fprings  of  life  remain, 
Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day  : 
O  let  thy  faints  thy  favour  gain  : 
To  upright  hearts  thy  truth  difplay. 

PSALM         XL. 

From  the  bzd  of  David. 

1    /~^  OD  does  his  favirig  health  difpenfe, 
VJT     And  flowing  rjlefflngs  daily  fend. 
He  is  my  fortrefs  and  defence  ; 
On  him  my  foul  fhall  ftili  depend. 

a  In  him,  ye  people,  always  truft:  ; 

Before  his  throne  pour  out  your  hearts  : 
For  God,  the  merciful  and  juft, 
His  timely  aid  to  us  imparts. 

3  The  vulgar  fickle  are,  and  frail  ; 

The  great  diifemble  and  betray  ; 
And  laid  in  truth's  impartial  fcale, 

The  lighteft  things  will  both  outweigh. 

4  Then  truft  not  in  oppreffive  ways  ; 

By  fpoil  and  rapine  grow  not  vain  ; 
Nor  let  your  hearts,  if  wealth  increafe, 
Be  fet  too  much  upon  your  gain. 

5  For  God  has  oft  his  will  cxprefs'd, 

And  I  this  truth  have  fully  known  ? 
To  be  of  boundlefs  pow'r  poffefs'd, 
Belongs,  of  right,  to  God  alone. 

6  Tho'  mercy  is  his  darling  grace, 

In  which  he  chiefly  takes  delight; 
Yet  will  he  all  the  human  race 
According  to  their  works  requite, 


37 

"*©i-'0"'^.„.^„..<>..«O.."O.-.O.»'0..»<.,>..''O-^.~d.»-O»«O"-<>«"^-»<»* 

H    Y    M    N    S. 


H  •  Y    M     N        I. 

Religious   Inquiry. 

1     ALL  knowing  God,  'tis  thine  to  know 
jLJL  The  fprings  whence  wrong  opinions  flows 
To  judge,  from  principles  within, 
When  frailty  errs,  and  when  we  fin. 

a  Who,  among  men,  high  Lord  of  all, 
Thy  fervants  to  his  bar  may  call  ? 
Decide  of  herefy,  and  ihake 
A  brother  o'er  the  flaming  lake  ? 

3  Who  with  another's  eye  can  read  ? 
,    Or  worfhip  by  another's  creed  ? 

Revering  thy  command  alone, 
We  humbly  feek  and  ufe  our  own. 

4  If  wrohg,  forgive;  accept,  if  right; 
While  faithful  we  obey  our  light ; 
And,  cens'ring  none,  are  zealous  ftills 
To  follow  as  to  learn  thy  will. 

5  When  mall  our  happy  eyes  behold 
Thy  people  falhion'd.  in  thy  mould? 
And  charity  our  lineage  prove 
Deriv'd  from  thee,  O  God  of  love  ? 

HYMN        II. 

The  Heavens  declare  the  Glory  of  G*T(?, 

.2   nnKE  fpacious  firmament  on  high, 
•  JL    With  all  the  blue  ethereal  fkvj 


3*  HYMN    III, 

And  fpangled  heav'ns  (a  mining  frame  !) 
Their  Great  Original  proclaim. 

a  Th'  unwearied  fun,  from  day  to  day* 
Does  his  Creator's  pow'r  difplay, 
And  publishes,  to  ev'ry  land, 
The  work,  of  an  Almighty  Hand. 

3  Soon  as  the  ev'ning  (hades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wond'rous  tale» 
And  nightly  to  the  lift'ning  earth 
Repeats  the  ftory  of  her  birth  : 

4  Whilft  all  the  (tars  that  round  her  burn* 

And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
And  fpread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

5   What  though,  in  folemn  filence,  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terreftrial  ball  ? 
What  though  nor  real  voice  nor  found 
Amid  their  radiant  orbs  be  found  ? 

In  Reafon's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice  ; 
Forever  finging,  as  they  thine, 
"  The  Hand  that  made  us  is  divine." 

HYMN         III. 

To  the  one  only  true  God. 

3    T^TERNAL  God,  Almighty  Caufe 

X_j    Of  earth,  and  feas,  and  worlds  unknown  t 
All  things  are  fubjecl  to  thy  laws, 
All  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 

a  Thy  glcrious  being  firmly  flands, 
Of  all  within  itfelf  polfeft  ; 
Controul'd  by  none  are  thy  commands* 
Thou  from  thyfelf  alone  art  bleft. 


HYMNS    IV.    V.   ■         39 

3  To  thee  alone  ourfelves  we  ower 

To  thee  alone  our  homage  pay  ; 
All  other  Gods  we  dif'avow, 
Deny  their  claimsj  renounce  their  fway. 

4  Spread  thy  great  name  thro'  every  land» 

Each  idol  deity  dethrone, 
Let  earth  with  all  her  tongues  confefs 
That  thou  the  Lord  art  God  alone. 

H     Y     M     N         IV. 

Devotion. 


'B 


EFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations,  bow,  with  facred  joy  : 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  : 
He  can  create,  and  he  deftroy. 


a  His  fov 'reign  pow'r,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  forrn'd  us  men  ; 
And  when  like  wandering  fheep  we  ftray'dj 
He  brought  us  to  his  ibid  again. 

3  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 

Vail  as  eternity  thy  love  ! 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  ihall  ftand, 
When  roiling  years  ihall  ceafe  to  move. 

4  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  fongs. 

High  as  the  heav'ns  our  voices  raife ; 
And  earth,  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  founding  praife. 

H     Y     M     N  V, 

The  Wifdom  of  God. 

I    TN  all  our  maker's  vaft  deiigns 

A  Lo  i  his  eternal  wifdom  lliines  ; 
\  Through  all  creation  fpread  abroad* 
[    Loud  it  proclaims  the  maker,    God* 


4o  HYMN    IV. 

z  With  rev'rence  our  admiring  eyes 
Survey  thy  wonders  in  the  ikies  ; 
Thy  wifdom  round  the  world  we  fee? 
The  fpacious  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

3  Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  (ley, 
Stands  thy  high  throne  of  majefty  ;* 
Nor  time  nor  place  thy  power  reftrahl* 
Nor  bound  thy  universal  reign. 

4  Amazing  knowledge,  vaft  and  great  ! 
What  large  extent,  what  lofty  height  ! 
Our  fouls,  with  all  the  powers  they  boaft* 
Are  in  the  boundlefs  profpect  loft. 

5  Lord,  who  can  fpeak  thy  wond'rous  deeds  I 
Thy  wifdom  all  our  thoughts  exceeds ; 
Vaft  and  unfearchable  thy  ways, 

Vaft  and  immortal  be  thy  praife. 

HYMN     ^W 
Toe  Jujlice  of  Q,d. 


'G 


RE  AT  God,  to  thee,  the  mighty  King, 
Whofe  fovereign  rule  the  world  obeys* 
With  reverent  hearts  thy  people  bring 
The  tribute  ot  their  humble  praife. 


2  The  earth's  great  fceprre  fills  thy  hand  ; 

And.  high  enthron'd  in  majefty, 
Thou  givelt  rhence  to  every  land 
The. laws  of  truth  and  equity. 

3  Unerring  juftice,   Lord,  is  thine  ; 

And  every  nation  ihall  confefs, 
That  thy  decrees  are  all  divine, 

And  all  thy  jvays  are  rigbteoufjpefs. 

4  In  judgment  wife,  thou  wilt  beitovy  . 

To  every  foul  its  due  reward  ; 


HYMN    VII.  4j 

Unceafing  joy  the  good  fhall  know, 
And  live  forever  with  their  Lord. 

5  But  they  who  tread  the  Tinner's  path,       * 
And  dare  thy  righteous  laws  difown, 
Shall  meet  with  due  returns  from  thee, 
And  reap  the  fruit  which  they  have  fown. 


•o 


II     Y     M     N         VII. 

The  Mercy  of  Cod. 

THOU,  the  wretched'3  fure  retreat, 
Who  doft  their  cares  controui. 
And  with  the  cheerful  fmile  of  peace 
Revive  the  fainting  foul  ! 

2  Did  ever  thy  relenting  ear 

The  humble  pleadifdain  ? 
Or  when  did  plaintive  mifery  ilgh. 
Or  fupplicate,  in  vain  ? 

3  Whoe'er  to  thee  for  pardon  fue 

In  penitential  tears, 
Thy  goodnefs  calms  their  reftlefs  doubts, 
And  diiftpates  their  fears. 

4  New  life  from  thy  refreshing  grace, 

Their  finking  hearts  receive  ! 
Thy  gentlelt,"  beft-lov'd  attribute, 
To  pity  and  forgive. 

5  From  that  bleft  fource  propitious  hope 

Appears  ferenely  bright, 
And  (beds  her  foft  diffufive  beam 
O'er  forrow's  difmal  night. 

6  Our  griefs  confefs  her  vital  power, 

And  blefsthe  friendly  ray, 
Which  uihers  in  the  i'miling  morn 
Of  everlafting  day 

D  2, 


4?  H  Y  M  N  S*   VIIL-    IX. 

HYMN         VIII. 
The  Grtatnefs  an  J  MajeJIy  rf  Gcd. 

1  HPHE  Lord  of  glory  reigns  ;  he  reigns  on  high; 

J-     His  robes  of  itateare  ftrengt;i  and  majefty  ; 

This  wide  creation  rofeat  his  command  ; 

Built  by  his  word,  and  'ftabliih'd    by  his  hand  : 
Long  ftood  his  throne,  ere  he  began  creation, 
And  his  own  Godhead  is  the  firm  foundation. 

2  God  is  th'  eternal  King  :   Thy  foes  in  vain 
Raife  their  reb?l!ion  to  confound  thy  reign  : 
In  vain  the  ftorms,  in  vain  the  ttOods  aiue, 
And  roar,  and  tofs  their  waves  againlt  the  flcies  ; 

Foaming  at. heav'n  they  rage  with  wild  c  mmotion, 
But  heav'n's  high  arches  fcorn  the  1  welling  ocean. 

3  Ye  tempefts,  rage  no  more  !  ye  floods,  be  ftill.J 
And  the  mad  world  fubmifiive  to  his  will  ; 
Built  on  his  truth,  his  church  mu(t  ever  ftand  i 
Fi.m  are  his  promifes.  and  fhonghU  hand  : 

See  his  own  funs,  when  they  appear  before  him, 
Bow  at  his  footftool,  and  with  fear  adoie  him.  I 


HYMN         IX. 

To  God  ibe  Creator. 

i      A   LMIGHTY  Maker,  God  ! 

l\     How  wonu'rous  is  thy  name! 
Thy  gloi  ieb  how  diffus'd  abroad 
Through  all  creation's  frame  ! 


Z  Nature,  in  ev'ry  drefs, 
H^r  humble  homage  pays  ; 

And  does  a  thoufand  wayaexpiefs 
Her  undiilemoled  praile. 

3   Oar  fouls  w->uld  rife  and  dng 
Our  Great  Creator,  too  •> 


II  YMNS     X.     XT.  4") 

Fain  would  our  tongues  adore  our  King,_ 
And  pay  the  homage  due. 

4  Let  joy  and  worfnip  fpend 

~'ie  remnant  of  our  day.-, 
And  oft  to  God  our  fouls  afeend. 

In  grateful  fongs  of  praife. 

11     Y     M     N         X. 

G  ,d  known  by  his  IVorks. 

i  f^  RE  AT  God  !  theheav'ns  well-ovder'd  frame 
V-T   Declares  the  glories  of  thy  name  ; 

Tneie  thy  rich  works  of  wonder  mine  ; 
A  thoufand  ftarry  beauties  there,   . 
A  thoufa,nd  radiant  marks  appear, 
Of  boundiefs  pow'r,  and  ilcill  divine. 

a  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  nightj 
The  dawning  and  the  dyint;  light, 

Lectures  of  heav'nly  wifdoin  read  ; 
With  filent  eloquence  they  raife 
Our  thoughts  to  the  Creator's  praife, 

And  neither  found  nor  language  need, 

3  Yet  their  divine  inftrudions  run 
Far  as  the  journeys  of  the  fun  ; 

All  nature  joins  to  ihew  thy  praife: 
Thus  God  in  every  creature  ihines ; 
Fair  i^  the  book  of  nature'*  li--.es, 
Which  thews  thy  wild  Dm  and  thy  graces,  . 

HYMN         XL 

Tb(  Voice  of  Nature. 

i  r  1  '•MERE  ib  a  God,  all  nature  lpenks, 

X        lino'  eaali.  and  air,  and  teas,  and  fkies  ! 
See,  from  the  clouds  ins  glory  breaks, 
Wuen  the  fivit  beams  ot  morning  rile, 


44      :      h  y  m  n  xrr. 

s  The  riling  fun,  fercnely  bright, 

O'er  the  wide  world's  extended  framer 
Infcribes,  in  characters  of  light, 

His  mighty  Maker's  glorious  name* 

3  DifFufing  life,  his  influence  fpreads  ; 

And  health  and  plenty  fmile  around  ; 
And  fruitful  fields,  and  verdant  meads, 
Are  with  a  thoufand  bleffings  crown'd. 

4  The  flow'ry  tribes,  all  blooming,  rife 

Above  the  weak  attempts  of  art  ; 
Their  bright,  inimitable  dyes 

Speak  i'weet  convi&ion  to  the  heart. 

5  Ye  curious  minds,  who  roam  abroad, 

And  trace  creation's  wonders  o'er> 
Confefs  the  footfteps  of  the  God, 
And  bow  before  him,  and  adore. 


II     Y     M     N         XII. 

'The  God  of  Nature  and  Providence. 

I    TOIN.  every  tongue,  to  praife  the  Lord 
J    All  nature  refts  upon  his  word  : 
His  works  proclaim  his  power  divine  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  his  glories  mine, 

z  Seafons  and  times  obey  his  voice  ; 
The  ev'ning  and  the  morn  rejoice, 
To  fee  the  earth  made  foft  with  fhow'rsj 
Laden  with  fruit,  and  drefs'd  in  fiow'rs. 

5   'Tis  from  his  wat'ry  ftores  on  high, 
He  gives  the  thirfty  ground  fupply  ; 
He  walks  upon  the  clouds,  and  thence 
Doth  his  enriching  drops  dilpenfe. 

4  The  defert  grows  a  fruitful  field  ; 
Abundant  fruit  the  meadows )  iek! ; 


HYMNS    XIII.    XIV.         4$ 

The  vallies  fhout  with  cheerful  voice, 
And  neighboring  hills!  repeat  their  joys* 

5,  Thy  works  pronounce  thy  pow'r  divine  | 
In  all  the  earth  thy  glories  thine  ; 
Through  ev'ry  month  thy  gifts  appear ; 
Great  God  !   thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  year, 

HYMN         XIII. 

The  Providence  of  Gad  in  the  Seafons  of  the  Ye  at, 

x    T^TERNAL  Source  of  ev'ry  joy  ! 

■X-j   Well  may  thy  praife  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear 
To  hail  the  Sovereign  of  the  year. 

2.  Wide  as  the  wheels  of  nature  roily 

Thy  hand  fupports  and  guides  the  whole  % 
The  fun  is  taught  by  thee  to  rife, 
And  daiknefs,  when  to  veil  the  ikies. 

3  The  flow'ry  fpring,  at  thy  command, 
Perfumes  the  air,   and  paints  the  land  §  , 
The  fuminer  rays  with  vigour  thine, 

To  raife  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

4  Thy  hand,  in  autumn,  richly  pours,  . 
Through  all  our  coafts,  redundant  ftores  f 
And  winters,  foften'd  by  thy  care, 

No  more  the  face  of  horror  wear. 

5  Seafons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  days* 
Demand  fucceffive  longs  of  prai  e  : 

And  be  the  grateful  homage  paid,      : 
With  morning  light  and  ev'ning.ihade. 

HYMN         XIV. 
The  Bounty  of  God  in  the  Works  of  Creation. 

1    ~WT^  D'els  tne  Lord,  the  great,  the  good, 
V  V     Who  fills  our  hearts  with  joy  and  foot*  j 


46  HYMN    XV. 

Who  pours  his  bleflings  from  the  fkies» 
And  loads  our  days  with  rich  fupplies. 

a  He  fends  the  fun  his  circuit  round, 

To  cheer  the  fruits  and  warm  the  ground  j 
In  plenteous  drops  his  genial  rain 
Revives  the  grafs  and  fvvells  the  grain. 

3  His  bounteous  hand,  Great  Spring  of  Goodr 
provides  the  whole  creation  food  ; 

He  ever  gives,  yet  itill  has  more; 
His  gifts  can  ne'er  decreafe  his  flore. 

4  We  blefs  the  Lord  who  reigns  abrwe, 
Whofe  thoughts  are  kind,  whole  name  is  love 
Whole  bounty  .through  creation  fiows> 

And  life  and  bills  on  ail  bellows. 

5  O  let  our  louls  with  joy  record 

The  pow'r  and  goodnefs  of  ;h-  Lord  ; 
How  great  his  works,  how  kind  his  ways  I 
Let  ev'ry  tongue  pronounce  his  praife. 

H     Y     M     N         XV. 

Thanks  to  God  for  bh  bcunieout  Provijiov* 

1   "ORAISE  to  God,  immortal  praife, 
XT    For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days  I 
Bounteous  Source  of  ev'ry  joy, 
Let  thy  praife  our  tongues  employ  ; 

a  For  the  bleflings  of  the  field  ; 
For  the  ftores  ihe  p^ruens  yield  ; 
Tor  the  vine's  exvtued  juice  ; 
For  the  gen'rous  olive's  ufe  j 

3  Flocks,  that  whiten  all  the  plain  ; 
Yfcliow  flieaves  of  ripen'd  grain  ; 
C/ouds,  that  drop  their  fatt'ning  dew;; ; 
Suns,  that  temp'rate  warmth  diifuie; 


HYMN    XVL  47 

4  All  that  fpring,  with  bounteous  hand. 
Scatters  o'er  the  fmiling  land  ; 

All  that  lib'ral  autumn  pours 
From  her  rich,  o'erflowing  ftores, 

5  Thefe  to  thee,  great  God.  we  owe ; 
Source,  whence  all  our  blefllngs  flow z 
And  for  thefe  our  fouls  lhall  raife 
Grateful  vows  and  folemn  praife. 


HYMN         XVI. 

The  Goodnefs  of  God  to  all  his  Creatures* 

1  TT^E  blefs  the  God  whofe  bounteous  love 

VV       Through  all  creation  flows  ; 
Who  pours  his  bleffings  from  above* 
And  life  and  blifs  bellows. 

2  God  reigns  on  high,  but  not  confines 

His  goodnefs  to  the  flues  ; 
Through  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  ihines* 
And  every  want  fupplies. 

3  With  longing  eyes  his  creatures  wait 

On  him  for  daily  food  ; 
His  lib'ral  hand  provides  them  meat, 
And  fills  their  hearts  with  good. 

4  Eentgn  Creator  !  bounteous  Lord  1 

Where'er  we  turn  our  eyes, 
Fruits  of  thy  wifdom,  pow'r,  and  love» 
In  beauteous  order  rife. 

5  Then  let  our  cheerful  hearts  and  tongues 

Proclaim  the  praiie  divine  : 
Thou,  Lord*  haft  given  the  rich  increafe^  , 
And  be  the  glory  thine, 


48      H  Y  M'N  S    XVII.    XVIII. 

HYMN         XVII. 

Itiv  peculiar  Goodnefs  of  G^d  to   Mankind. 

t  /~\  LORD,  how  glorious  is  thy  name, 

* r  Through  the  widie  earth's  extended  frame  ! 

Majcftick  glones  form  thy  feat, 
And  heaven  adores  beneath  thy  feet. 

gfe  When  ill  thy  fhining  works  on  high 
We  meditate  with  raptur'd  eye  ; 
The  iilver  moon,  the  ftarry  train, 
Which  gild  the  fair  ether ial  plain  : 

3  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  he  mould  fhare 
Thy  notice,  thy  indulgent  care  ? 

That  man,  frail  child  of  earth,  fhould  be 
"The  favourite  of  the  Deity  ? 

4  His  place,  thy  forming  hand  aflign'd, 
But  juft  below  th'  angeliek  kind  ; 
With  nobleft  favours  circled  round, 
And  with  diftinguifh'd  honours  crown'd. 

5  Inverted  him  with  power  and  fwayt 
And  bid  the  fubject  brutes  obey  ; 
Sovereign  of  all  thy  works  below, 
To  him  the  meaner  creatures  bow  ; 

<S  The  bleating  flocks,  the  lowing  herds, 
The  gliding  fhh,  the  flying  birds  ; 
All  that  the  earth's  wide  circuit  yields. 
Natives  of  air,  or  feas,  or  fields. 

*j  But  ft  ill  let  man,  adoring,  own 

That  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  King  alone ; 
And  through  the  earth's  extended  frame 
.  Declare  the  glories  of  thy  name. 

HYMN         XVIII. 

Praife  to  God  for  bi\  Wonderful  Works. 

YE  Ions  of  men,  with  joy  record 
f  he  various  wonders  of  the-  Lord  ; 


HYMN    XIX.  4$ 

And  let  his  power  and  goodnefs  found 
Through  all  your  tribes  the  earth  around. 

'ft  Let  the  high  heavens  yeur  fongs  invite, 
Thofe  fpacious  fields  of  brilliant  light ; 
Where  fun,  and  moon,  and  pianets  roll* 
And  ftars,  that  glow  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  Sing,  earth,  in  verdant  robes  array'd, 

Its  herbs  and  flowers,  its  fruit  and  ihade ; 
Peopled  with  life  of  various  farms, 
Ofhth,  and  fowl,  and  beads,  and  worms. 

4  View  the  broad  fra's  majeftick  plains, 
And  think  how  wide  its  Maker  reigns  ; 
That  band  remoteft  nations  joins, 
And  on  each  wave  his  goodnefs  ihines. 

5  Ye  fons  of  men,  with  joy  record 
The  various  wonders  of  the  Lord  ; 
And  let  his  power  and  goodnefs  found 
Through  all  your  tribes  the  earth  around. 

6  Praife  ye  the  Lord  ;  our  hearts  (hall  join 
In  work  fo  pleafant,  fo  divine  ; 

Our  days  of  praife  lhall  ne'er  be  pair, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  laft. 

HYMN         XIX. 

*Ibe  Beauties  of  Nature. 

i   TTOW  cheerful  along  the  gay  meads. 
11     The  lillies  and  herbage  appear  ; 
The  flocks,  as  they  careiefsly  feed, 
Rejoice  in  the  fpring  or'  the  year. 

£  The  foliage  that  (hades  the  gay  bowers, 
The  herbage  that  lprings  from  the  cloi, 
Trees,  plants,  cooling  fruits,  and  fair  rlow'r-S; 
All  rife  to  the  praife  of  our  Cod, 
E 


5o  H  Y  M  N    XX. 

3  Shall  man,  the  great  matter  »f  alU 

The  only  infenfible  prove  ? 
Forbid  it  fair  gratitude's  call» 
Forbid  it  devotion  and  love. 

4  The  God  who  fuch  wonders  can  raife» 

Forever  his  name  be  ador'd  ; 
Our  lips  (hall  inceflantly  praife, 
Our  heart  fhall  rejoice  in  the  Lord. 


HYMN         XX. 

The  JVifdom  cf  God  in  bis  Works. 

i    QONGS  of  immortal  praife  belong 
k3   To  thee,  Almighty  God  ; 
To  thee  are  due  our  heart,  our  tongue, 
To  fpread  thy  name  abroad. 

2  How  great  the  works  thy  hand  has  wrought .' 

How  glorious  in  our  fight ! 
And  men  in  ev'ry  age  have  fought 
Thy  wonders  with  delight. 

3  How  moft  exacl  is  nature's  frame  ! 

How  wife  th*  Eternal  Mind  ! 
Thy  counfels  never  change  the  fchemc 
Which  thy  firft  thoughts  delign'd. 

4  Nature,  and  time,  and  earth,  and  fkies, 

Thy  heav'nly  (kill  proclaim  j 

"What  (hall  we  uo  to  make  us  wife, 

But  learn  to  read  thy  name  ? 

5  To  fear  thy  pow'r,  to  truft  thy  grace* 

Is  our  divine  ft  (kill ; 
And  he's  the  wileft  of  our  racCi 
Who  beft  obeys  thy  will. 


H  Y  M  N  S    XXL    XXII.        51 

H     Y     M     N        XXL 

All  Nations  invoked  to  fraife  the  Creator. 

E  nations  round  the  earth,  rejoice 
Before  the  Lord,  your  fov'reign  King  ; 
Serve  him  with  cheerful  heart  and  voice; 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  ling. 


*Y 


2  The  Lord  is  God  ;  'tis  he  alone 

Doth  life,  and  breath,  and  being,  give; 
We  are  his  work,  and  not  our  own  ; 
The  fheep  that  on  his  paftures  live. 

3  Enter  his  gates  with  fongs  of  joy, 

With  praiies  to  his  courts  lepair  ; 
And  make  it  your  divine  employ 
To  pay  your  thanks  and  honours  there. 

4  The  Lord  is  good,  the  Lord  is  kind  ; 

Great  is  his  grace,  his  mercy  fure  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  man  mall  find- 
Kis  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 

HYMN         XXIL 

An  Invocation  to  -praife  God  our  Creator, 

I    T    TFT  your  voice,  and  thankful  fing 
l~i  Praiies  to  our  Heavenly  King. 
Be  the  Lord  your  only  theme, 
Who  of  Gods  is  God  fupreme  ; 
Tor  his  bleffings  far  extend, 
And  his  mercy  knows  no  end. 

z  He  alTerts  his  juft  command, 
By  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
He  whole  wifdom  thron'd  on  hrghp 
Built  the  manlions  of  the  fky  ; 
For  his  bleffings  far  extend, 
And  his  mercy  knows  no  eacL 


%  H  Y  M  N    XXIII. 

;  He  who  bade  the  watery  deep, 
Under  earth's  foundation  flcep  ; 
And  the  orbs  that  gild  the  pole, 
Through  the  boundlei's  ether  roll ; 
Fqr  his  bleffings  far  extend. 
And  his  mercy  knows  no  end 

^  Thou,  O  fun,  whofe  powerful  ray 
Rules  the  empire  of  the  day  ; 
You,  O  moon  and  fiars,  whofe  light 
Gilds  the  darknefs  of  the  night : 
For  his  bleffings  far  extend, 
And  his  mercy  knows  no  end. 

5  He  with  food  fuftains,    O  earth, 
All  who  claim  from  thee  their  birth  5 
Yield  the  homage  that  his  name 
From  a  creature's  lips  may  claim  : 
For  his  blelfings  far  extend, 
And  his,  mercy  knows  no  end. 

HYMN         XXIII. 

Praife  to  God,  our  Creator  and  Preferver* 

i   /"">  IVE  to  our  God  immortal  praife  ! 
vJT  Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  : 

Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  ; 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong.. 

2  Give  to  the  Lord  of  Lords  renown  ; 
The  King  of  Kings  with  glory  crown  : 
His  mercies  ever  (hall  endure, 

When  Lords  and  Kings  are  known  no  more. 

3  He  built  the  earth  ;  he  fpread  the  fky, 
And  fix'd  the  ftarry  lights  on  high : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

4  He  fills  the  fun  with  morning  light; 
And  bids  the  nason  dircd  the  night  %. 


HYMN    XXIV.  |3 

His  mercies  ever  (hall  endure, 

When  funs  and  moons  mail  be  no  more* 

5  Give  to  our  God  immortal  praife, 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

6  Through  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet* 
And  leads  us  to  his  heav'nly  feat ;  . 

His  mercies  ever  ihall  endure, 

When  this  vain  world  ihall  be  no  more. 

H     Y     M     N         XXIV. 

All  Nature  invoked  to  praife  the  Creator. 

i  XT'E  blefs'd  inhabitants  of  heaven, 
X     To  God  be  all  your  praife6  given  ; 
O  praife  him  in  tiie  realms  that  lie 
Above  the  reach  of  mortal  eye. 

a  Praife  him,  thou  fun,  that  round  the  pale 
With  reillefs  courfe  art  feen  to  roll ; 
Ye  moon  and  fiars,  his  praife  repeat ; 
Praife  him,  ye  heav'ns,  his  awful  feat* 

3  Nor  let  the  heav'ns  his  praife  confine  : 
O,  all  of  earth,  the  chorus  join  ! 

Ye  beafts,  that  range  th'  uncultur'd  f(M$ 
Or  patient  lend  to  man  your  toil. 

4  Praife  him,  each  bird  that  wings  the  air, 
Each  reptile,  nurtur'd  by  his  care  ; 
And  every  wind,  and  every  ftorm, 
That  duteous  his  commands  perform. 

5'  Ye  youthful  bands,  and  virgin  choir, 
Each  lifping  babe,  and  hoary  fire, 
Wake  to  his  name  your  grateful  longs  ; 
To  him  alone  all  praife  belongs, 
E  a 


54  HYM  N     XXV. 

6  His  glory  earth's  wide  bounds  o'erfiows. 
Nor  highelt  heav'n  its  limit  knows  : 
O  come,  your  thankful  voices  raife, 
And  coniecrate  to  him  your  praife. 

HYMN         XXV. 

All  Nature  invoked  to  praife  the  Creator, 

i       T    ET  ev'ry  creature  join 

.1— *     To  praife  th'  eternal  God  : 
Ye  heav'nly  hofts,  the  fong  begin, 
And  found  his  name  abroad. 

a       Thou  fun  with  golden  beams, 
And  moon  with  paler  rays, 
Ye  ftarry  lights,  ye  heav'nly  flames, 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praife. 

3  Ye  vapours,  when  ye  rife, 
Or  fall  in  fhow'rs  or  fnow  ; 

Ye  thunders,  murm'ring  round  the  fkies, 
His  pow'r  and  glory  (how. 

4  Wind,  hail,  and  fiafhing  fire, 
Agree  to  praife  the  Lord, 

When  ye  in  dreadful  ftorms  confpire 
To  execute  his  word. 

5  Let  earth  and  ocean  know, 
They  owe  their  Maker  praife  : 

Praile  him,  ye  wat'ry  worlds  below, 
Ye  natives  of  the  leas. 

6  Monarchs  of  wide  command, 
Praife  ye  th'  eternal  King  ; 

Judges,  adore  that  fov'reign  hand,. 
Whence  all  your  honours  fpring. 

7  United  zeal  be  fhown, 

His  wond'rous  fame  to  raife  v 


HYMNS     XXVI.     XXVII.     5$ 

God  is  the  Lord  ;  his  name  alone 
Deferves  our  endlefs  praife. 

HYMN         XXVI. 

All  Nature  invoked  to  praife  the  Creator. 

t  /~~\  FOR  an  hymn  of  univerfal  praife  ! 

\-J  Its  Maker's  fame  let  ev'ry  creature  raife  j; 
Ye  glorious  angels  tune  the  raptur'd  lay 
Thro'  the  fair  maniions  of  eternal  day  ; 
His  praife  let  all  your  mining  ranks  proclaim. 
And  teach  the  diftant  worlds  your  Maker's  name, 

■z  His  glorious  power,  O  radiant  fun,  difplay 
Far  as  thy  cheering  beams  diffufe  the  day  i 
Ye  moon  and  flars,  array'd  in  fofter  light, 
Recount  his  wonders  to  the  lift'ning  night  ; 
His  power,  ye  fair  expanded  (kies,  proclaim, 
Whofe  word  produe'd  the  vaitftupendous  frame* 

3  Let  earth  adore  the  univerfal  Lord  ; 
Through  ev'ry  land  be  his  great  name  ador'd  ; 

'  While  loud  his  praifes  foaming  billows  roar, 
And  feas  refound  his  name  from  (bore  to  more ; 
Ye  tow'ring.  mountains  found  his  praife  on  highj. 
In  joyful  notes  ye  verdant  vales  reply. 

4  Ye  monarchs  of  the  ea«th,.your  Lord  adore* 
To  whom  ye  owe  your  delegated  power  j 
Ye  judges,  his  impartial  law  revere; 

Be  ev'ry  fentence  guided  by  his  fear  ; 

Let  fenate,  prince,  and  people,  join  fro  raife 

The  grateful  tribute  of  obedient  praife. 

HYMN         XXVII. 

All  Nature  invoked  to  praife  the  Creator. 

i   "ORAISE  the  Lord,  let  praife  employ 
X    In  his  courts  your  fongs  of  joy  ; 


S6  H  Y  M  N     XXVIII. 

Let  the  fpacious  heavens  around, 
Echo  back   the  foiemn  found. 

2.  Angels,  your  clear  voices  raife  : 
Him,  ye  heav'nly  armies  praife  : 
Sun  and  moon,  with  borrow'd  light  > 
All  ye  fpaikling  eyes  of  night  ; 

3  Vapours,  lightning,  hail  and  fnow  ; 
Storms  which,   where  he  bids  you,  blow  ; 
Waters,  hanging  in  the  air  ; 

Heav'n  of  heav'ns — his  praife  declare. 

4  Let  the  earth  his  praife  refound  ; 
Echoing  rocks,  and  feas  profound  ; 
Verdant  vales,  and  mountains  high;- 
Cedars,  tow'ring  to  the  fky. 

5  Princes,  judges  of  the  earth  ; 
All  of  high  or  humble  birth  ; 
Youths  and  virgins,  fiouriihing 
In  the  beauty  of  your  fpring  ; 

6  All,  whom  life  and  breath  infpire, 
Come  and  join  the  grateful  choir  ; 
Come,  and  all,  with  one  accord, 
Join  to  praife  th'  Almighty  Lord. 

HYMN         XXVIII. 

*Tbanks  to  God*  our  Pruferver. 

i   f~>  RE  AT  God  !  to  thee  our  grateful  tongues 
V_X     United  thanks  {hall  raife  : 
Infpire  our  hearts  to  tune  the  fongs 
Which  celebrate  thy  praife. 

2  From  thine  almighty  forming  hand 
We  drew  our  vital  pow'rs  : 
Our  time  revolves  at  thy  command? 
In  all  its  circling  hours. 


HYMN    XXIX.  57 

3  Thy  pow'r,  our  ever  prefent  guard, 

From  ev'ry  ill  defends  ; 
While  num'rous  dangers  hover  round? 
Our  help  from  thee  defcends. 

4  Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  wings, 

How  fweet  is  our  repole  ! 
The  morning-light  renews  the  fprings 
From  whence  our  comfort  flows. 

5  In  celebration  of  thy  praife 

We  will  employ  our  breath ; 
And,  walking  ftedfafl  in  thy  ways, 
Will  triumph  over  death. 

HYMN         XXIX. 

God  the  Guide  of  bis  Servants. 

x  TTOW  are  thy  fervants  blefs'd,  O  Lord*' 
X~l    How  fure  ib  their  defence  i 
Eternal  Wifdom  is  their  guide  ; 
Their  help,  Omnipotence. 

a  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 
Supported  by  thy  care  ; 
Through  burning  climes  they  pafs  unhurt* 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3  When  by  the  dreadful  tempefl  borne, 

High  on  the  broken  wave, 
They  know  thou  art  not  flow  to  hear, 
Hot  impotent  to  lave. 

4  The  ftorm  is  laid,  the  winds  retire, 

Obedient  to  thy  will ; 
The  lea  tiiat  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  (till. 

5  In  midft  of  dangers,  fears,  and  deaths,. 

Thy  goodneis  we'll  adore, 


5g      HYMNS     XXX.     XXXI. 

And  praife  thee  for  thy  mercies  pafl, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

HYMN         XXX. 

Thank*  for  daily  ProteSilon. 

m   f~>  RE  AT  God,  how  endlefs  is  thy  love  ! 
vJ  Thy  gifts  are  ev'ry  ev'ning  new  ; 
And  morning  mercies,  from  above, 
Gently  diftil,  like  early  dew. 

■2.  Thou  fprcad'ft  the  curtains  of  the  night, 
Great  Guardian  of  our  fleeping  hours! 
Thy  fov 'reign  word  reftores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  our  drowfy  pow'rs. 

3  We  yield  our  pow'rs  to  thy  command  ; 
To  thee  we  confecrate  our  days  ; 
Perpetual  bleffings  from  thine  hand 
Demand  perpetual  longs  of  praife. 

HYMN         XXXI. 

Thanks  for  Mercies,  temporal  ard fpiritual. 

I   T    ORD,  when  our  raptur'd  thought  furveys 
JL-i     Creation's  beauties  o'er, 
Ali  nature  joins  to  teach  thy  praife, 
And  bid  our  fouls  adore. 

3  The  living  tribes  of  countlefs  forms, 

In  earth,  and  lea,  and  air, 
The  meaneft  flies,  the  fmalleft  worms... 
Almighty  pow'r  declare. 

3   Thy  wifdom,  power,  nnd  goodnefs,  Lorde 
In  all  thy  works  appear; 
And,  O  !  let  man  thy  praife  record, 
Man,  thy  diltinguifn'd  care  ! 

4  From  thee  the  breath  of  life  he  drew  ; 

That  breath  thy  pow'r  maintains: 


H  Y  M  N   "XXXII.  5-9 

Thy  tender  mercy,  ever  new, 
His  brittle  frame  fultains. 

5  Yet  nobler  favours  claim  his  praife ; 

Of  reafon's  light  poffefs'd  ; 

By  revelation's  brightert  rays 

Still  more  divinely  blefs'd. 

6  Thy  providence,  his  conflant  guard 

When  threat'ning  woes  impend  ; 
Or  will  th'  impending  dangers  ward? 
Or  timely  fuccours  lend. 

7  On  us  that  providence  has  (hone, 

With  gentle,  fmiling  rays  : 
O  let  our  lips  and  lives  make  known 
Thy  goodnefs  and  thy  praife  ! 

HYMN        XXXII. 

The  Advantage  of  Divine  Revelation. 

1  \A/HEN  IIrael  tnroush  the  defert  pafs'& 

VV    A  fiery  pillar  went  before, 
To  guide  them  through  the  dreary  wafte, 
And  lefien  the  fatigues  they  bore. 

s  Such  is  the  glorious  word  of  God  ; 
'Tis  for  our  light  and  guidance  given  ; 
It  flieds  a  luftie  all  abroad, 
And  points  the  path  to  biifs  and  heaven. 

3  It  fills  the  foul  with  fweet  delight, 
And  quickens  its  inactive  powers  ; 

It  fets  our  wandering  footfteps  right  g 
Difplays  his  love,  and  kindles  ours. 

4  Its  promises  rejoice  the  heart ; 
Its  doctrines  are  divinely  true ; 
Knowledge  and  pleafure  it  imparts  5 
It  comforts  and  ififtructe  us  too. 


6o     HYMNS  XXXIII.  XXXlv*. 

£  Ye  favour'd  lands,  blefs'd  with  this  word; 
Ye  faints,  who  feel  its  faving  power  ; 
Unite  your  tongues  to  praife  the  Lord? 
And  his  diftinguilh'd  grace  adore. 

HYMN        XXXII  I. 
God  our  Shepherd, 
UR  fhepherd  is  the  living  Lord  ; 


O 


Now  (hall  our  wants  be  well  iupply'd  ; 
His  providence  and  holy  word 
Become  our  falety  and  our  guide. 

a  In  paftures  where  falvation  grows, 
He  makes  us  feed,  he  makes  us  reft; 
There  living  water  gently  flows, 
And  all  the  food's  divinely  bleft. 

3  Our  wand'ring  feet  his  ways  miflake; 
But  he  reftores  our  foul  to  peace, 
And  ieads  us,  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
In  the  fair  paths  of  righteoufnefs. 

4.  Ami : ft  the  darknefs  and  the  deeps, 
Thou  art  our  comfort,  thou  our  ftay  ; 
Thy  ltari  iupports  our  feeble  fteps, 
Thy  rod  directs  our  doubtful  way. 

5  Though  we  walk  through  the  gloomy  vale, 
Where  death  and  all  its  terrors  are, 
Our  heart  and  hope  (hall  never  fail, 
Vox  God  our  thepherd's  with  us  there. 

HYMN         XXXIV. 

God  our  Shepherd. 

x       rT,,HF.  Lord  my  fhepherd  is, 
1     I  lhall  be  well  fupply'd* 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
Whac  can  I  want  belide  i 


HYMN    XXXV.  61 

3       He  leads  mc  to  the  place. 

Where  heav'nly  pafture  grows. 
Where  living  waters  gently  pais, 
And  lull  falvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  aftray, 

He  doth  my  foul  reclaim, 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  wary, 
For  his  moil  holy  name. 

4  While  he  affords  his  aid, 
I  cannot  yield  to  fear  : 

Tho'  I  lhould  walk  through  death's  dark  made. 
My  ihepherd's  with  me,  there. 

5  The  bounties  of  thy  love 

Shall  crown  my  following  days  : 
Nor  from  thy  houfe  will' I  remove, 
Nor  ceafe  to  fpeak  thy  praife. 

H     Y    M     N         XXXV. 
God  cur  Shepherd. 

1  HPHE  Lord  my  pafture  fhall  prepare, 

X     And  feed  me  with  a  fhepherd's  care  ; 
His  prefence  fhall  my  wants  fupply. 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye. 

2  My  noon-day  walks  he  mall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend  : 
When  in  the  fultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirfty  mountains  pant. 

3  To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads, 
My  weary,  wand'ring  fteps  he  leads, 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  fort  and  flow* 
Amidft  the  verdant  landfkip  flow. 

4  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way« 
Through  devious  lonely  wilds  I  ttray> 

F 


Gi      II  Y  M  N  S  XXXVI.  XXXVII. 

Thy  prefence  fhall  my  pains  beguile, 
The- barren  wUJernci's  ihail  frr.ilc, 

5  With  fudden  greens  and  herbage  crown'd* 
And  ft  roams  ihail  murmur  all  around. 
Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread. 
With  gloomy  honors  overiprcad, 

6  My  fteadfeft  heart  fhall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,   O  Lord,  art  with  me  ftiil  : 
Thy  friendly  crook  (hall  give  me  aid, 
Ai-id  guide  me  through  the  difmal  ihade. 


H     Y     M     N         XXXVI. 
God  our  Shepherd. 


JLj  V 


Want  ihall  never  more  be  mine  ; 
in  a  natlure  fair  and  large 
He  will  i'eed  his  happy  charge- 

.i  When  I  faint  with  fummer's  heat, 
He  will  lead  my  weary  feet 
To  the  ftreams  that,  frill  and  flow, 
Thro'  the  yerdant  meadow  flow. 

3  He  my  foul  anew  will  frame, 
And  his  mercy  to  proclaim, 
When  ihro'  devious  paths  I  flray, 
Teach  my  fteps  the  better  way. 

4  Thro5  the  dreary  vale  I  tread, 

By  the  fhades  of  death  o'erl'pread  ; 
There  I  walk  from  terror  free, 
While  protected,  Lord,  by  thee. 

HYMN         XXXVII. 

God  our  Shepherd. 

a  HPKE  Lord  is  my  fhepherd,  my  guardian,  and 
A  guide ; 

Whatsoever  I  want,  he  will  kindly  provide ; 


H  Y   M  N     XXXVIII.  63 

To  the  fheep  of  his  paflure  his  mercies  abouiad, 
His  care  and  protection  his  hock  will  furround  ; 
If  e'er  from  his  foid  they  Ihowdd  wander  abroad, 
His  care  wiil  recall  them,  and  fix  their  abode, 
Where  himfelf,in  the  midii,  with  a  provident  eye> 
Will  regard  all  their  wants,  and  provide  a'fupply- 

2  The  Lord  is  my  fhepherd,  what  then  fhall  I  fear  ! 
What  danger  can  frighten  me  while  he  is  near  ? 
Not  when  the  time  calls  me  to  walk  thro'  the  vale 
Of  the  madow  of  death,  ihall  my  heart  ever  fail ; 
Tho,  afraid,  of  myfelf,  to  purfue  the  dark  way, 
Thy  rod  and  thy  ftaff  be  my  comfort  and  ftay  ; 
For  I  know,  by  thy  guidance,  when  once  it  is  pait ; 
To  a  fountain  of  lire  it  wiil  bring  me  at  iaft. 

3  The  Lord  is  become. my  falvation  and  fong, 
His  blelhngs  ihall  follow  me  all  my  life  long  ; 
Wnatfoever  condition  he  places  me  in, 

1  am  fure  'tis  the  heft  it  could  ever  have  been  ; 
for  the  Lord  he  is  good,  and  his  mercies  are  lure  -; 
He  only  afflicts  us,  in  order  to  cure  ; 
The  Lord  will  I  praife  while  I. have  any  breath' 
Be  content  all  my  life,  and  refign'd  in  my  death.* 

H     Y     M     N         XXXVI  IT. 

God  the  Guide  cf  the  Humble* 

1       ^T  THO  E'ER,  with  humble  fear, 
VV     To  God  his  duty  pays, 
Shall  find  the  Lord  a  faithful  guide 
In  all  his  righteous  ways. 

a.      He  thofe  in  virtue  guides, 
Who  bis  direction  leek, 
And  in  his  faered  paths  will  lead 
The  humble  and  the  meek. 

3       Thro'  all  the  ways  of  God 
Both  troth  and  mercy  mine*. 


64  H  Y  M  N    XXXIX. 

To  thofc  who,  with  religious  hearts, 
To  his  bleiV'd  will  incline. 

4       The  meek  the  Lord  will  blefs, 
And  make  them  heirs  of  heaven  ; 
True. riches,  with  abundant  peace, 
To  humble  fouls  are  given. 


HYMN         XXXIX.. 

Creation  and  Providence. 

1  X7E  humble  fouls,  in  God  rejoice  ! 

JL     Your  Maker's  praile  becomes  your  voice, 

Great  is  your  theme,  your  fongs  be  new  j 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  word,  his  ways, 
His  works  of  nature  and  of  grace, 
How  wife  and  holy,  juft  and  true  ! 

■3.  juftice  and  truth  he  ever  loves, 

And  the  whole  earth  his  goodnefs  proves, 

His  word  the  heavenly  arches  fpread  ; 
How  wide  they  fhine  from  north  to  fouth  1 
And  by  the  fpirit  ot  his  mouth 

Were  all  the  ftarry  armies  made. 

j   He  gathers  the  wide  flowing  feas, 

Thofc    W2t'ry  treafures  know  their  place 

III  the  vaft  ftorehoufe  of  the  deep  : 
He  fpake,  and  gave  all  na'urc  birth  ; 
And  fires,  and  feas,  and  heav'n,  and  earth; 

His  everlafting  orders  keep. 

4  Ye  that  delight  to  ferve  the  Lord, 
The  honours  of  his  name  record, 

Mis  (acred  name  forever  ble.s  ; 
Where'er  the  circling  fun  dilplays 
His  lihng  beams,  or  lotting  rays, 

Let  ev'ry  tongue  his  posy';  confefs.. 


H  Y  M  N'S     XL.    XII.       .    65 

HYMN         XL. 
Cod  hearing  Prayer. 

1  ry,HRO'  all  the  changing  fcer.es  of  life, 

x.       In  trouble,  and  in  joy, 
The  praifes  of  my  God  mail  ttill 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

i-      Of  his  deliv'rar.cc  I  will  boaft, 
Till  all  who  arc  diftrels'd 
From  my  example  comfort  take, 
And  footh  their  griefs  to  reft. 

3  O  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 
With  me  exjlt  his  name  ; 

To  him  in  my  diftrefs  I  cry'd* 
He  to  my  refcue  came. 

4  With  grateful  hearts  obferve  his  ways, 
And  on  his  goodnefs  reft, 

So  will  your  own  experience  prove 
That  pious  fouls  are  bleft. 

y      For  while  his  fear  infpires  your  breaft, 
His  mercy  will  be  nigh, 
To  guard  your  lives  from  threat'ning  ills, 
And  all  your  wants  fupply. 

HYMN         XLT. 

Providence  and   Grace. 

3  -T_JIGH  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God, 
JCJL  Thy  goodnel's  in  full  glory  lhines  ; 
Thy  truth  ihall  break  thro'  ev'ry  cloud 
Which  veils  and  darkens  thy  deiigns. 

2  Forever  firm  tby  juftice  ftands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  ; 
Great  are  the  wonders  of  thine  hawdej 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep  ! 
F  a 


GG  HYMN    XLII, 

3  Thy  mercy  makes  the  earth  thy  care» 
Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large  ; 
Angels  and  men  thy  bounty  fliare, 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge. 

4  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  partake, 
With  what  alTurance  may  the  juft 

Thy  (helt'ring  wings  their  refuge  make? 
And  faints  to  thy  protection  truit. 

5  Such  guefts  (hall  to  thy  courts  be  led» 
And  there  enjoy  a  rich  rep  aft, 

There  drink,  as  from  a  fountain  head* 
Of  joys  which  (hall  forevtr  lait. 

6  With  thee  the  fprings  of  life  remaini  . 
Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day  ; 

O  let  thy  faints  thy  favour  gain, 
To  upright  hearts  thy  truth  difplay. 

H      V*     M     N        XLII. 

Gratitude  to  God. 

i  T T7HEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God? 
VV       My  rifing  foul  furveys, 
Tranfported  with  the  view,  I'm  loft 
In  wonder,  love  and  praife  ; 

a  O,  how  fhall  words  with  equal  warmth 
The  gratitude  declare, 
That  glows  within  Hiy  ravifVd  heart  ?.- 
But  thou  canft  read  it  there. 

3  Thy  providence  my  life  fuftain'd* 

And  all  my  wants  redreft, 

When  in  the  filent  womb  I  lay» 

And  hung  upon  the  breaft. 

4  To  all  my  weak  complaints  an4  cries 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  enr> 


HYMN    XLIII  67 

Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learnt 
To  form  themfelves  in  pray'r. 

5  Unnumber'd  comforts  to  my  foul 

Thy  tender  care  bertow'd, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceiv'd 
From  whom  thofe  comforts  f.ow'd. 

6  When  in  the.  flipp'ry  paths  of  youth 

With  heedlefs  fteps  I  ran, 
Thine  arm  unieen  convey 'd  me  fafe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 

7  Through  hidden  dangers,  toils  and  deaths.* 

It  gently  clear'd  my  way> 
And  through  the  pleafing  fnares  of  vice. 
More  to  be  fear'd  than  they. 

8  Ten  thoufand  thoufand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ  ; 
Nor  is  the  leaft  a  cheerful  heart, 
That  taftes  thofe  gifts  with  joy.. 

9  Through  every  period  of  my  life 

Thy  goodnefs  I'll  purfue  ; 
And  after  death>  in  diftant  worlds, 
The  glorious  theme  renew. 

10  When  nature  fails,  and  day  and  night 

Divide  thy  works  no  more  ; 
My  ever  grateful  heart,  O  Lord* 
Thy  mercy  fhali  adore. 

li   Through  all  eternity,  to  thee 
A  joyful  fong  I'll  raife  ; 
For,  oh  !  eternity's  too  ihort: 
To  utter  all  thy  praife. 


o 


H     Y     M     N         XLIII. 

Ihankf giving  for  the  Fruits  of  the  Earth, 

PRAISE  the  Lord,  our  heav'nly  Kin^ 
Who  makes  the  earth  his  care  j 


68  H'YM  N     XLIV. 

Vifits  the  paftiires  ev'ry  fpring, 
And  bids  the  grafs  appear. 

3  The  clouds,  like  rivers  rais'd  on  high.- 
Pour  out,  at  his  command, 
Their  wat'ry  fcrteffings  from  the  fky, 
To  cheer  the  thiifty  land. 

3  The  foften'd  ridges  of  the  field 

Permit  the  corn  to  fpring.; 

The  vallies  rich  provifion  yield* 

And  the  glad  labourers  fing. 

4  The  little  hills,  on  ev'ry  fide, 

Rejoce  at  falling  Ihow'rs  ; 
The  meadows,  drefs'd  in  all  their  pride* 
Perfume  the  air  with  flow 'is. 

5  The  barren  clouds,  refrcuVd  with  rain, 

Promife  a  joyful  crop  ; 
The  parched  grounds  look  green  again* 
And  raife  the  reaper's  hope. 

6  The  various  months  thy  good nefs  crowns  : 

How  bounteous  are  thy  ways  ! 
The  bleating  flocks  fpread  o'er  the  downs3 
And  mepherds  ihout  thy  praife. 

7  Thine  is  the  cheerful  day,  and  thine 

The  ftill  returns  of  night  ; 
Thou  haft  prepar'd  the  glorious  fun 
And  ev'ry  feebler  light. 

8  By  thee  the  borders  of  the  earth 

In  perfect  order  ftand  ; 
The  fummer's  warmth  and  winter's  cold 
Attend  on  thy  command. 

HYMN         XLIV. 

^Thank/giving  for  the  Fruits  of  the  Earth. 

x   (~\  THOU,  who  to  our  humble  pr?.y'r 
V>    Doft  always  bend  thy  liit'ning  ear  *. 


H  Y  M  N    XLV.  6$ 

To  thee  fhall  all  mankind  repair, 
And  at  thy  gracious  throne  appear. 

a  By  wond'rous  a&s,  O  God,  moftjuft! 
Have  we  thy  gracious  anfwer  found  ; 
In  thee  remoteft  nations  truft, 
And  thofe  whom  ftcrmy  waves  furrouncL 

3  From  out  thy  unexhauffed  ftore 

Thy  rain  relieves  the  thirfty  ground  ; 
>,lakes  lands,  that  barren  were  before, 
With  corn  and  richeft  fruits  abound. 

4  On  rifing  ridges  down  it  pours, 

And  ev'ry  lurrow'd  valley  fills  ; 
Thou  mak'ft  them  foft  with  gentle  fhow'rs, 
In  which  a  bleil  increafe  diiiils. 

5  Thy  goodnefs  does  the  circling  year 

With  frelh  returns  of  plenty  crown  ; 
And  where  thy  glorious  paths  appear, 
The  fruitful  clouds  drop  fatnefs  down. 

6  They  drop  on  barren  forefts,  chang'd 

By  them  to  paflures  freih  and  green ; 
The  hills  about,  in  order  rang'd, 
In  beauteous  robes  of  joy  are  feen. 

7  Laree  flocks,  with  fleecy  wool,  adorn 

Tne  cheerful  downs ;  tho  vallies  bring 
A  plenteous  crop  of  full-ear'd  corn, 
And  feem  for  joy  to  fhout  and  fing. 

HYMN         XLV. 

liivlfglvlng  for  Deliverance  from  Danger  at  Sea. 

3    T    ORD  1  for  the  jift  thou  deft  provide  > 
1—i     Thou  art  tn?i:  Jure  dele nee  :  . 
E.ernal  VVifdom  i.^  their  guide  ; 
1?hcir  licipi  Omuipotenoe. 


■7o  H  Y  M  N     XLVI. 

a  Though  they  through  foreign  lands  fhould  roam 
And  breathe  the  tainted  air     • 
In  burning  climates,  far  from  homef 
Yet  thou,  their  God,  art  there. 

3  Thy  goodnefs  fweetehs  ev'ry  foil, 

Makes  cv'rycountvy  plcafe  ; 
Thou  on  the  inowy -hills  doll  fmile, 
And  fmooih'it  the  rugged  feaf. 

4  When  waves  on  waves,  to  heav'n  uprear*d> 

Defy \V  the  pilot  Vart  '; 
When  terror  in  each  face  appear'd, 
And  i'orrow  in  each  heart  ; 

5  To  thee  I  raifM  my  humble  pray'r 

To  fnatch  me  from  the  grave  ; 

I  found  n  thine  ear  not  flow  to  hear, 

"  Nor  fhort  thine  arm  to  lave." 

6  Thou  gav'ft  the  word — the  winds  did  ceafe> 

The  itorms  obey'd  thy  wiil  ; 
The  raging  fea  was  huih'd  in  peace, 
And  ev'ry  wave  lay  ftill. 

7  For  this,  mylife,  in  ev'ry  flate, 

A  life  of  praife  fhall  be  ; 
And  death  (when  death  fhall  be  my  fate} 
Shall  join  my  foul  to  thee. 


H 


HYMN         XLVI. 
A  Funeral  Thought. 
ARK  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  found,? 


My  ears,  attend  the  cry  ! 
««  Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
"  Where  ye  rnufl  fhortiy  lie. 

"  Pnnces,  this  clay  muft  be  your  bed, 
•«  In  fpite  of  all  your  pow'rs  ; 


H  Y  N  M     XLVIf.    • 

«  The  talj|  the  wife,  and  rey'repd  llfad, 
"  MjII  be  .is  low  as  ours." 

Great  God  !   is  thi  ■  our  certain  doom  ?. 

And  are  \vs  it  ill  iVcure  ? 
Still  walking  downwards  toour  tomb, 

And  ycr  prepa.e  no  more  ? 

Then  teach  us,  Led.  th'  uncertain  fum. 

Of  our  ihort  days  to  mind  ; 
That  to  trr.e  wifdom  all  our  hearts 

May  ever  be  inclin'd. 


H     Y     M     N         XLVII. 

The  Goodtiefs  of  God. 

x    T>  E  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

-O     Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

a  My  heart  is  fix'd  ;  my  tongue  thai!  raife 
Immortal  honours  to  thy.  name  ; 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  found  his  praife — 
My  tongue,  the  ^lory  cr  my  frame. 

3  In  thee,  my  God,  are  all  the  fprings 
Of  bouHdlefs  lo\ey  and  grace  unknown  ; 
All  the  rich  bleiiings  Nature  brings 

Are  gifts  defcending  from  thy  throne. 

4  High  o'er  the  earth  thy  goodnefs  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmoft  (ky  ; 

Thy  taith  to  endlefs  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  diliblve  and  die. 

5  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heav'ns,  where  angels  dwell  5 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  lanci  to  land  thy  wonders,  tell, 


fi    H  Y  M  N  S    XLVIII.    ^LIX, 

HYMN        XLVIII. 

Ibt  TUafure  and  advantage  ef  Pui/ici  TVorJblf, 

r.    f>  REAT  God,  attend,  while  Sion  Zings 
v_X  The  joy  that  fiom  thy  prefence  fprings  : 
To  fpend  one  day  with  thee  on  earth 
Exceeds  a  thoufand  days  of  mirth. 

3.  God  is  our  fun— he  makes  our  day  ; 
God  is  our  lhield — he  guards  our  way 
From  all  th'  aflaults  of  hell  and  fin, 
Tram  foes  without  and  foes  within. 

3  All  needful  grace  will  God  beftow, 
And  ctown  that  grace  with  glory  too  ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  fouls. 

4  Cheerful  they  walk,  with  growing  ftrength? 
Till  all  (hall  meet  in  heav'n  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worlhip  there. 

HYMN         XLIX. 

G:d  our  ProleSlor. 

i   TTE  who  hath  made  his  refuge  God) 
X~X  Shall  find  a  molt  fecure  abode, 
Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  ihade, 
And  l'afe  at  night  fhall  reft  his  head. 

a  He  guides  our  feet,  he  guards  our  way  ; 
His  morning  fmiles  bleis  all  the  day  ; 
He  fpreads  the  ev'n'mg  veil,  and  keeps 
The  filent  hours  while  Nature  lleeps. 

3  Then  will  I  lay,  My  God,  thy  pow'r 
Shall  be  my  tortrefs  and  my  tow'r  ; 
I,  who  am  fonn'd  of  feeble  duft, 
Make  thine  almighty  arm  my  trufl* 


H'YMN'L  73 

4  Up  to  the  hilts  T  lift  mine  feyes, 
Th'  eternal  hills  beyond  the  ikies  ; 
Thence  all  her  help  my  foul  derives, 
There  my  Almighty  Refuge  lives. 

5  He  lives,  the  everlafting  God, 

Who  built  the  world,  and  fpread  the  flood  ; 
He  lives,  and  by  his  heav'nly  care 
Preferves  my  life  from  ev'ry  fnare. 


HYMN         L, 

God's  Truth  and  Equity, 

2    O ING  to  the  Lord  a  joyful  fong  : 

O  Earth  to  his  praife  the  note  prolong* 
Till  realms  remote  his  acts  have  known, 
And  man's  whole  race  his  wonders  own. 

"2  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  great  his  praife  ! 
What  God,  like  him,  our  fear  can  raife  ? 
Not  fueh  as  heathen  lands  afford, 
Created  fifit,  and  then  ador'd. 

-3  Exult,  ye  heav'ns  !  Exult,  O  earth  I 
And,  partner  in  the  facred  mirth, 
Let  ocean  in  its  fulnefs  rife. 
And  thunder  to  the  diftant  ikies  ! 

4  Rich  in  his  gifts,  ye  fields,  rejoice  f 
While  in  his  praife  the  woods  their  voice 
Exalt,  and  hail,  with  lowly  nod, 

The  prefence  of  th*  approaching  God  ! 

5  He  comes,  in  awful  pomp  array'd  ! 

He  comes,  to  judge  the  world  he  made  ! 
Truth  (hall  with  him  the  caufe  decide. 
And  Equity  his  fentence  guide. 
G 


74  H  V  M  N  S     LI.     LII. 

H     Y     M     N  LI. 

The  Mercies  cf  God. 

x     A  WAKE,  my  foul  !   Awake,  my  tongue 
Jr\.  My  God  demands  the  grateful  fong  j 
Let  all  my  inmoft  pow'rs  record 
The  woncfrous  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 

a  Divinely  free  his  mercy  flows, 
Forgives  my  fins,  ailays  my  woes  ; 
He  bids  approaching  death  remove, 
And  crowns  me  with  a  father's  love. 

3  My  youth,  decay'd,  his  pow'r  repairs  j 
His  hand  fultains  my  growing  years  ; 
He  fatisfies  my  mouth  with  food. 
And  feeds  my  foul  with  heavn'ly  good. 

4  His  mercy  with  unchanging  rays 
Forever  mines,  though  time  decays  ; 
And  children's  children  fhall  record 
The  truth  and  goodnefs  of  the  Lord. 

5  While  all  his  works  his  praife  proclaim. 
And  men  ajid  angels  blefs  his  name, 

O  let  my  heart,  my  life,  my  tongue, 
Attend,  and  join  the  facred  fong  ! 

HYMN         LII. 

God  kind  and  merciful. 

i    T    ET  ev'ry  tongue  thy  goodnefs  fpeak, 
A_j  Thou  fov'reign  Lord  of  all  ! 
Thy  ftrength'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak,* 
And  raife  the  poor  that  fall. 

%  When  forrow  bows  the  fpirit  down, 
Or  virtue  lies  diftreft 
Beneath  fome  proud  oppreffor's  frown* 
Thou  s'lY'Jt  the.  mourners  reft. 


H  Y  M  N    LIII. 

3  Thy  grace  fupports  our  tott'ring  days» 

And  guides  our  giddy  youth  : 

Holy  and  juftare  all  thy  ways, 

And  all  thy  words  are  truth. 

4  Thou  know'ft  the  p%ins  thy  fervants  feel  j 

Thou  hearil  thy  children's  cry  j 
And»  their  befl  wiihes  to  fulfil, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

5,  Thy  mercy  never  fh  all  remove 
From  men  of  heart  iincere, 
To  fave  the  fouls,  whole  humble  love 
Is  join' d  with  holy  fear. 

H     Y     M     N         LIII. 

Praife  to  God  Jot  bis  Goodnefs  ajtd  Truth. 

1   T'LL  praife  my  Maker  while  I've  breath, 
J.   And  when  my  voice  is  loftia  death, 

Praife  (hall  employ  ray  nobler  powers  ; 
My  days  of  praife  ihall  ne'er  be  paft, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  Ia.fl, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

1  Happy  the  man  whofe  hopes  rely 
On  Nature's  God — he  made  the  iky, 

And  earth,  and  leas,  with  all  their  trail1. 
His  truth  forever  ftands  fecure, 
He  favcs  th'  op  p  reft,  he  feeds  the  poor, 
And  none  fhali  hud  his  promife  vain. 

3  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind, 
The  Lord  fupports  the  linking  mind, 

He  fends  the  lab'ring  confeience  peace. 
He  helps  the  itranger  in  difirefs, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherrefs, 

And  grants  the  prifoner  iweet  fel&afe. 

4  I'll  praife  him  while  he  lends  me  breath? 
Ana  when  ray  voice  is  loft  in  death, 


7  J 


76  HYMNS   LIV„  LV. 

Praife  (hall  employ  my  nobler  pow'rs  ; 
My  divs  of  praile  lhall  ne'er  be  paft, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  Iaft» 

Or  immortality  endures. 

HYMN         LIV. 
Thanks  for  the  Gcffel. 

1  f~^  OD,  who  in  various  methods  teld 
VJT  His  mind  and  will  to  faints  of  old  > 

Sent  his  own  fon  with  truth  and  grace, 
To  teach  us  in  thefe  latter  day?. 

2  Our  nation  reads  the  written  word, 
That  book  of  life,  that  true  record  i 
The  bright  inheritance  of  heav'n 

Is  by  this  lure  conveyance  giv'n. 

3  God's  kin  deft  thoughts  are  here  expreft, 
Able  to  make  us  wife  and  b\c'l  ; 

The  doctrines  are  divinely  true, 
Fit  for  reproof  and  comfort  too. 

4  O  render  thanks  to  God  above, 

For  his  rich  grace,  his  boundlefs  love  ; 
Let  all  mankind  receive  his  word, 
And  ev'ry  nation  praife  the  Lord. 


BE 


H     Y     M     N         LV.. 

The  Buffings  cf  the  Go/pel. 

HOLD  the  morning  fun 
Begins  his  glorious  way  ; 
His  beams  thro'  all  the  nations  run* 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

But  where  the  heayVily  light, 
From  truth's  enliv'ning  ray, 
Pours  all  its  glory  on  our  light, 
It  forms  a  brighter  day. 


H   V  M  N    LVL 

$       How  perfe  cl  is  thy  word, 
And  all  thy  judgments  jufr, 
Forever  fine  thy  promifej   Lord? 
Which  we  fecurely  trull. 

4  Thou  gracious  God.  how  plain 
Are  thy  directions  giv'n  ! 

O  may  we  never  read  in  vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heav'n. 

5  While  with  our  heart  and  tongue 
We  fpread  thy  praife  abroad, 

Accept  the  worihip  and  the  long, 
Our  Father  and  our  God  ! 

HYMN         LVL 

Ibe  Glory  and  Succefs  of  the  Gofpel. 

i  /PHE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,   Lord, 
JL     In  every  fiar  thy  wifdorn  ihines  \ 
But,  in  the  volume  of  thy  word, 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines, 

2  Sun,  moon,  and  Mars,  convey  thy  praife 
Round  the  whole  earth,  and  never  Hand  : 
So,  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 

It  touch'd  and  glanc'd  on  every  land. 

3  Nor  let  thy  fpreading  gofpel  reft, 
Till  thro'  the  earth  thy  trutli  has  run, 
Till  it  has  all  the  nations  ble/L 
That  fee  the. light,  or  feel  the  fun. 

4  Great  God  of  righteouf tiers,  arife, 

Blefs  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light* 

Thy  gofpel  makes  the  limpie  wife, 

Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgement  right, 

5.  Thy  noblefl  wonders  here  we  view. 
In  fouls  renew 'd  and  fms  forgiven* 

G  z 


'H 


78      HYMNS    LVII.  LVIII. 

Lord,  cleanfe  our  fins,  our  fouls  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  our  guide  to  heaven. 

HYMN    LVII. 

Pralfe  to  the  Gad  of  our  Salvation. 

AIL  the  God  of  our  falvation, 
Triumph  in  redeeming  love  ; 
Let  us  with  glad  exultation 
Imitate  the  bleit  above. 

2  Light  of  thafe  whofe  dreary  dwelling 

Border'd  on  the  lhades  of  death, 
He  hath  by  his  grace  revealing, 
Sc&tter'd  all  the  clouds  beneath. 

3  Father,  thou  art  all  companion, 

Pure  unbounded  love  thou  art ; 
Hail  the  God  of  our  falvation, 
Praife  him  ev'ry  thankful  heart. 

4  Joyfully  on  earth,  adore  him, 

Till  in  heaven  we  take  our  place, 
There  enraptur'd,  fall  before  him, 
Loft  in  wonder,  love  and  praife. 

HYMN         LVIII. 

Rejiicing  la  the  Hope  of  Glory . 

HOU  God  of  our  falvation, 
We  joyfully  adore  thee, 
Trufting  thy  care, 
To  keep  us  here 
And  bring  us  fafe  to  glory. 

We  lift  our  hearts  and  voices 
With  bleit  anticipation 

And  ihout  aloud, 

And  give  to  God 
The  praife  of  our  i'aivation. 


T 


H  Y  N  M    L1X.  7=0 


3  We  lift  our  voice  exalting 
In  thine  almighty  favour 

The  love  divine 
Which  made  us  thine 
Shall  keep  us  thine  forever. 

4  By  faith  we  fee  the  glory 

To  which  thou  wilt  reftore  us, 
We  lift  our  eyes 
To  that  high  prize 

Which  thou  hail  fet  before  us,. 


> 


Thou  God  of  our  falvation 
We  joyfully  adore  thee  ; 

We  truft  thy  care 

To  keep  us  here 
And  bring  us  fafe  to  glory. 

HYMN         LIX. 

Fruitful  Showers y  Emblems  of  the  Gjfct 

MARK  the  foft-falling  fnow, 
And  the  diffullve  rain, 
To  heaven  from  whence  it  fell, 
It  turns  not  back  again, 
But  waters  earth  through  every  pore. 
And  calls  forth  all  its  fecret  ftore. 

Array'd  in  living  green, 

The  hills  and  valleys  fhine. 

And  man  and  beait  is  fed 

By  providence  divine ; 
The  harveft  bows  its,  golden  ears, . 
The  copious  feed  of  future  years. 

"  So  faith  the  God  of  grace, 
"  My  gofpel  (hall  defcend, 
"  Almighty  to  effedl 
«'  The  purpofe  I  intend  ; 


8b  HYMNS     LX.     LXL 

*«  Millions  of  fouls  fliall  feci  ils  powtr, 
•<  And  bear  it  down  to  millions  more. 

4  "  Joy  (hall  begin  their  march, 

"And  peace  protect  their  ways, 
"  While  all  the  mountains  round 
"  Echo  melodious  praife  ; 
"The  vocal  groves  (hall  fing  the  God, 
"And  every  tree  confenting  nod." 

HYMN         LX. 

The  Equity  of  the  Divine  Difperfaticr.s. 

1  'TC'ATHER  of  men,  who  can  complain 
Jl     Under  thy  mild  and  equal  reign  ? 
Who  does  a  weight  of  duty  ihave 

More  than  his  aids  and  pow'rs  can  bear  ? 

2  With  diff'ring  climes  and  differing  lands, 
With  fruitful  plains  and  barren  fands, 
Thy  hand  hath  form'd  this  earthly  round; 
And  fet  each  nation  in  its  bound. 

3  With  like  variety  thy  ray 

Here  (heds  a  full,  there  fainter  day, 
While  all  are  in  their  meafure  (how'd 
The  way  to  happinefs  and  God. 

O  the  unbounding  grace  which  brought 
To  us  the  words  by  jefus  taught !  * 
So  bled  and  with  laoh  hopes  infpir'd, 
How  much  is  giy'n,  how  much  requir'd  ! 

HYMN         LXI. 

Chriji's  RcfurreBicn  a  fledge  of  cur:. 

BLESS'D  be  the  ever! ailing  God, 
The  Father  of  our  Lord  ! 
Be  his  abounding  mercy  prais'd. 
His  majefty  adoir'd  ; 


H  Y  M  N    LXII.  |i 

2-  When  from  the  dead  he  rais'd  his  fon9 
And  call'd  him  to  the  flcy, 
He  gave  our  fouls  a  lively  hope, 
That  they  mould  never  die. 

3  What  tho'  thy  un.ontroul'd  decree 

Command  us  back  to  dull  ? 
Yet,  as  ttie  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe, 
So  all  his  followers  muft. 

4  There's  an  inheritance  divine 

Referv'd  againft  that  day  ; 
5Tis  uncorrupted,  undehTd,. 
And  cannot  fade  away. 

5  We  by  thy  pow'r,  O  God,  are  kept> 

Till  the  lalvation  come  ; 
We  walk.  by.  faith,  as  ftrangers  here, 
'Till  thou  lhalt  cail  us  home. 


HYMN      LXII. 

Thanks  to  God  for  BleJJings  in  Chrljl , 

LOUD  be  thy  name  ador'd, 
Thy  titles  fpread  abroad, 
Of  Chriil  our  glorious  Lord, 
The  Father  and  the  God  ; 
Thro'  £ach  a  Son,  thy  church's  head, 
0'erv#rlds  unknown,  thine  honours  fpread. 

Ten  thoufand  gifts  of  love 

From  thee  thro'  him  defcend, 

And  bear  our  fouls  above, 

To  joys  that  never  end  ; 
Sufiain'd  by  God,  to  heaven  they  foar3 
And  thro'  the  road  his  arm  adore. 

Ten  thoufand  fongs  of  praife 
Shall  for  thy  mercies  rife, 


$2  HYMN    LXIII. 

And  thro*  eternal  days* 

Shall  echo  round  the  flues ; 
New  fhouts  we'll  give,  and  loud  proclaim 
The  glories  of  thy  facred  name. 

HYMN      LXIII. 
The  Spring,  an  Emblem  of  Go/pel  Blijfings. 

2  "ORAISE  God,  from  whom  all  biefllngs  flov, 
-1     Whole  goodncfs  crowns  th«  varied  year  ; 
While  nature's  works  his  bounty  ihowi 

Let  gratitude  falute  him  here  ; 
Swell,  gently  f'well,  the  folemn  fong, 
Now  pour  the  bounding  notes  along, 

Teach  choirs  below,  to  choirs  above, 

To  echo  back  the  common  lay, 

And,  as  they  praife  unbounded  love* 

To  join  in  bounty's  holiday. 
To  God  the  univevlal  King 
Be  facred  every  grateful  choir  ! 
In  ceafelefs  hymns,  all  praifes  fing, 
That  endlefs  bounty  can  infpire  ! 

a.  All  loft,  beneath  ftern  winter's  reign, 
Creation's  genial  powers  appear'd, 
Spring  call'd  them  into  life  again, 
See,  budding  verdure  ihews  they  heard; 
Blefs,  blei's,  O  man  !  the  kind  defign» 
Whofe  nobler  counter-part  is  thine  ! 
Thy  powers  a  gloomier  winter  frozej 
Till  thy  MefTiah's  cheering  ray, 
Prolifick  of  fair  truth,  arofe, 
And  lhed  the  blaze  of  mental  day. 
To  God  the  univerfal  King 
Be  facred  every  grateful  chcir  ! 
In  ceafelefs  hymns,  all  praifes  ilng, 
That  endlefs  bounty  can  infpire  i 

3  All  fpotlefs,  as  the  truth  he  taught, 
Free,  as  the  mercy  he  difplay'd, 


HYMN    LXIV.  S; 

Tie  fhew'd  what  human  duty  ought, 
He  did  what  heavenly  goodnefs  bade  ; 
Enforc'd  each  juft  command  he  gave, 
Nor  liv'd,  nor  dy'd,  in  vain  to  fave. 
Praife  God,  whofe  heavenly  mercy  fent 
His  Son  to  fave  a  iinful  race, 
.  Let  ev'ry  heart  with  one  confent 
Adore  the  free,  the  wond'rous  grace. 
To  God  the  univerfal  King, 
Be  facred  every  grateful  choir  ! 
In  ceafelefs  hymns  all  praifes  ling, 
That  endlsfs  mercy  can  infpire  ! 

HYMN         LXIV. 

T/jz  Invitation  cf  the  Go/pel. 

i   T    ET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
A— *     And  every  heart  rejoice  : 
The  trumpet  of  the  gofpei  founds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

%  Ho  !  all  ye  weary  wand'ring  foujs 
That  feed  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  ftrive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  an  empty  mind. 

3  Eternal  wif*om  has  prepar'd 

A  foul-reviving  feaft, 
And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provifion  taite. 

4  Ho  !  ye  that  pant  for  living  dreams, 

And  pine  away  and  die  ; 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirft 
With  ftreams  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 

In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  flows 
Like  fipods  of  milk  and  win*. 


Si       HYMNS     LXV.    LXVI. 

6  The  happy  gates  of  gofpel  grace 
Stand  open  night  and  day  : 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  feek  fupplics, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 


HYMN         LXV. 

God  exalted  above  all  Praife. 

i     A  LMIGHTY  Author  of  our  frame, 
jLX.  To  thee  our  vital  pow'rs  belong; 
Thy  praife  (delightful,  glorious  theme  ! ) 
Demands  our  heart,  our  life,  our  tongue. 

'a  Our  hearts,  our  lives,  our  tongues,  are  thine 
O  be  thy  praife  their  bed  employ  ! 
But  may  our  fongs  with  angels  join, 
Nor  facred  awe  forbid  the  joy  ! 

3  Thy  glories  the  feraphick  lyre, 

On  ail  its  firings,  attempts  in  vain : 
Then  how  (hall  mortals  dare  afpire, 
In  thought,  to  try  th'  unequal  (train  I 

4  Yet  the  great  Sov'reign  of  the  ikies 
To  mortals  bends  a  gracious  ear; 
Nor  the  mean  tribute  will  defpife, 
When  ofier'd  with  a  heart  fincere. 

5  Great  God,  accept  the  humble  praife, 
And  guide  our  heart,  and  guide  our  tongue» 
While  to  thy  name  we  trembling  raife 
The  grateful,  though  unworthy,  fong. 

HYMN         LXVI. 

God  exalted  above  all  Praife. 

i   T)  EFORE  the  awful  throne  we  bow 
13    Of  heav'n's  Eternal  King; 
To  him  prefent  the  folemn  vow, 
And  hymns  of  praifes  fing. 


H  Y  M  N    LXVII. 

2  How  weak,  great  God,  our  nobleft  fongs 

To  magnify  thy  ways  ! 
Nor  human  nor  angelick  tongues 
Can  fhew  forth  aii  thy  praife. 

3  Yet  be  it  now  our  chief  delight 

Our  feeble  notes  to  join, 

Until  with  angels  we  unite 

In  anthems  more  divine, 

4  Nor  from  thy  prefence  caft  away 

The  ofF'ring  that  we  bring  : 
Lord  !  teach  our  hearts  aright  to  piay> 
And  tune  our  lips  to  fing. 

H     Y     M     N         LXVII. 

Praife  to  the  great  and  gitod  God. 

i    T    ONG  as  we  live,  we'll  blefs  thy  name* 
1~J    Great  King,  and  God  of  love  ! 
Our  work  and  joy  lhall  be  the  fame 
In  the  bright  world  above. 

a  Thy  grace  lhall  dwell  upon  our  tongues  ; 
And,  while  our  lips  rejoice  ; 
The  men,  who  hear  our  facred  fongs, 
Shall  join  their  cheerful  voice. 

3  Fathers  to  fons  fhall  teach  thy  name, 

And  children  learn  thy  ways  ; 

Ages  to  come  thy  truth  proclaim, 

And  nations  found  thy  praife. 

4  Thy  glorious  deeds,  of  ancient  date, 

Shall  thro'  the  world  be  known ; 
Thine  arm  of  pow'r,  thy  heav'nly  ftatCs 
With  publick  fplendour  mown. 

5  The  world  is  govern'd  by  thy  hands? 

The  people  rul'd  by  love  ; 
H 


U      H  Y  M  N  S   LXVIII.  LXIX. 

Ami  thine  eternal  kingdom  ftands, 
Though  rocks  and  hills  remove. 

H     Y     M     N         LXVIII. 

Invocation  to  praifr  God. 

i   "V^E  tribes  of  earth,  in  God  rejoice  ; 

X     His  prcfence  hail,  with  thankful  voice  ; 
To  him  your  willing  homage  pay, 
And  wake  the  tributary  lay  ; 
Submiflive  to  his  will,  in  him 
Behold  the  God  of  Gods  fupreme. 

2  With  confeious  wonder  oft  furvey'd, 
He,  not  ourfclves,  our  fiame  has  made  ; 
The  fubjecls  of  his  pow'r  we  (land, 
The  fheep  that  own  his  guiding  hand  : 
O  enter  then  his  gates  with  praife, 

To  him  your  loudeft  accents  raife. 

3  With  grateful  hearts  his  love  proclaim, 
And  blei's,  O  blefs  his  awful  name  ; 
Tor  truth  in  him,  and  mercy,  live  ; 
That  truth  fhall  time  itfelf  furvive  ; 
That  mercy,  thro'  the  length  of  days, 
Unclouded,  pour  its  healing  rays. 

HYMN         LXIX. 

Praife  and  Thank/giving. 

I       f\UR  Maker,  and  our  King, 
v^/     To  thee  our  all  we  owe, 
Thy  fovereign  bounty  is  the  fpring 
From  whence  our  bleffings  flow. 

a       Thou  ever  good  and  kind, 
A  thoufand  reafons  move, 
A  thoufand  obligations  bind, 
Our  hearts  to  grateful  love. 


HYMN    LXX,  87 

The  creatures  of  thy  hand, 
On  thee  alone  we  live  ; 
Great  God,  thy  benefits  demand 
More  praife  than  life  can  give. 

O  let  thy  grace  infpire 
Our  fouls  with  ftrength  divine  ; 
Let  all  «ur  powers  to  thee  afpire, 
And  all  our  days  be  thine. 


HYMN         LXX. 
Praife  and  Tbankf giving. 

1  TTOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord  ! 
li.   Be  thy  glorious  name  ador*d  ! 
Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail  ; 
Hail,  csieliiai  goodnefs,  hail  ! 

2  Tho'  unworthy,  Lord,  thine  e^r, 
Our  humble  hallelujahs  hear, 
Purer  praife  we  hope  to  bring, 
When  around  thy  throne  we  ling. 

3  While  on  earth  ordain'd  to  ftay, 
Guide  our  footfteps  in  thy  way, 
Till  we  come  to  reign  with  thee, 
And  ali  thy  glorious  greatnefs  fee.. 

4  Then  no  tongue  {hall  filent  be, 
And  all  mail  join  in  harmony  ; 

That,  thro'  heav'n*s  all-fpacious  roundj 
Thy  praife,  O  God,  may  ever  found. 

5  Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail : 
Hail,  cekltial  goodnefs,  hail  ! 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Be  thy  glorious  name  ador'd  ! 


8S     HYMNS    LXXI.    LXXII. 


H 


HYMN      LXXI. 

Praife  and  Thank/giving. 

AIL,  thou  eternal  King  ! 
Thy  ceafelefs  praife  we  fing  : 
Praife  fhall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
Praife  o'erflow  our  grateful  foul, 
While  we  vital  breath  enjoy, 
While  eternal  ages  roll. 

t       Let  earth's  remoteft  bound 
With  thy  glad  praife  refound  .' 
From  thine  high  and  holy  place. 
Where  thou  doft  in  glory  reign, 
Thou,  in  condefcending  grace, 
Deign'ft  to  view  the  fons  ef  men. 

3       O  Lord,  thou  God  of  love  ! 
While  we  thy  mercy  prove, 
Praife  fhall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
Praife  o'erflow  our  grateful  foul. 
While  we  vital  breath  enjoy, 
While  eternal  ages  roll. 

HYMN         LXXII. 

Praife  and  Thank/giving. 

i    Q OV'REIGN  Lord  of  might  and  glory  J 
O     Author  of  our  mortal  frame  ! 
Joyfully  We  bow  before  thee. 
And  extol  thine  holy  name  : 

HalUb.jah  ! 
Ever  facred  be  the  theme  ! 

2  Kind  Difpenfcr  of  each  bleffir.g, 

Which  Unrounds  the  human  race  i 
May  we,  gratefully  pofTeflmg, 
Still  adore  thy  boundlefs  grace  : 

Hallelujah  ! 

Praife  to  God,  immortal  praife  I 


H  YMNS    LXXIII.    LXXIV.     89 

3  While  with  joyful  exultation 

We  attend  before  thy  throne, 
Let  us,  with  gl&a  acclamation, 
Thine  abundant  mercies  own  : 
Hallelujah  ! 
■  Praife  belongs  to  thee  alone  1 

4  In  thine  cv'ry  difpe::fation, 

Grace  .and  mercy  we  defcry  ; 
Thou,  the  God  of  our  falvation, 
To  prefcrvc  us,  ftill  art  nigh  : 

Hallelujah  ! 
Glory  be  to  God  en  high  ! 

H    -Y-    M     N          LXXIII. 

Praife  a?id   cIha7ikfglving. 

i  f~\   COME  let  us  join, 

\-J  With  muiick  divine, 
Our  Creator  to  praife, 
And  joyfully  fing  his  unfpeakable  grace  > 
Thou  light  of  mankind, 
Shine  into  each  mind, 
And  clearly  reveal 
Thy  perfect  and  good  and  acceptable  will. 

ft  Our  heavenly  guide 

With  us  will  abide, 

His  comfort  impart, 
And  let  up  his  kingdom  of  love  in  our  heart  j 

The  heart  that  believes, 

His  mercy  receives, 

He  will  give  us  to  prove, 
His  utmoft  falvation,  his  fulnefs  of  love. 

HYMN         LXXIV. 

Doxology. 

1   Tj^ROM  all  who  dwell  below  the  fkies, 
JL    Let  the  Creator's  praife  arife  5 
II  2 


H  Y  M  N  S     LXXV.     LXXVI.    90 

Let  the  Almighty's  name  be  funr, 
Thro'  ey'ry  land,  by  cv'ry  tongue. 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord, 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  ; 
Thy  praife  ihall  found  from  fhorc  to  lhore> 
Till  funs  fiiall  rife  and  fet  no  more. 


HYMN         LXXV. 

Humble  Adoration. 

i    T    O  God  is  here  !   let  us  adore, 

1~j     And  humbly  bow  before  his  face» 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 

Let  all  within  us  leek  his  grace  ; 
Who  know  his  power,  his  grace  who  prove> 
Serve  him  with  awe,  with  reverence  love. 

z  Being  of  beings,  may  our  praife 

Thy  courts  with  grateful  fragrance  fill, 
Still  may  we  ftand  before  thy  face, 

Still  hear  and  do  thy  fovereign  will ; 
To  thee  may  all  our  thoughts  arife 
An  acceptable  facriricc. 

3   In  thee  we  move,  all  things  of  thee 
Are  full,  thou  fource  and  life  of  all. 
Thou  vaft  unfathomable  fea, 

On  thee  the  God  of  love  we  call, 
Thou  art  the  God,  thou  art  the  Lord, 
Be  thou  by  all  thy  -works  ador'd. 

HYMN         LXXVI. 

God  the  Father  of  cur  Spirits. 

1    T^  TERNAL  Source  of  life  and  thought  f 
Hj  Be  all  beneath  thyfelf  forgot, 
While  thee  great  Parent  Mind  we  own, 
In  proftrate  homage  round  thy  throne. 


HYMN    LXXVIL  91 

a  While  in  themfelves  our  fouh  furvey, 
Of  thee  fome  faint  remedied  ray, 
They,  wond'ring,  to  their  Father  rife  : 
His  pow'r,  how  vaft  !  his  thoughts,  how  wife  ! 

2  O  may  we  live  before  thy  face 
Th' obedient  children  of  thy  grace, 
And  thro'  each  path  of  duty  move 
With  filial  awe  and  filial  love. 

4  Call  us  away  from  flefh  and  fenfe  : 

Thy  fov'reign  hand  can  draw  us  thence  ; 
We  would  obey  the  voice  divine, 
And  all  inferior  joys  reiign. 


HYMN     LXXVII. 

For  the  Lord's  Day. 

GREAT  God,  this  facred  day  of  thine 
Demands  our  fouls  collected  powers  ! 
May  we  employ  in  work  divine 
Thefe  folemn,  thefe  devoted  hours  ! 
O  may  our  fouls  adoring  own 
The  grace  which  calls  us  to  thy  throne  ! 

The  word  of  life  difpens'd  to  day, 
Invites  us  to  a  heavenly  feaft  j 
May  every  ear  the  call  obey, 
Be  every  heart  a  humble  gueft  ! 
Let  all  draw  near,  and  tafting  prove 
The  fweetnefs  of  thy  boundlefs  love. 

Thy  truth's  mod  pow'rful  aid  impart ; 
O  may  thy  word,  with  life  divine, 
Engage  the  ear,  and  warm  the  heart  ! 
Then  fhall  the  day  indeed  be  thine  ; 
Then  fhall  our  fouls  adoring  own 
The  grace  which  calls  us  to  thy  throne. 


gz     HYMNS  LXXVIII.  LXXIX. 


H     Y     M     N     LXXVIII. 

For  the  Lord's  Day . 

UR  hearts  fhall  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
And  blefs  his  works,  and  blefs  his  word  j 
Hi*  works  of  grace  !   how  bright  they  fhine  L 
How  deep  his  counfels  !  how  divine  ! 


lO 


-2.  So  fhall  we  fhare  a  glorious  part, 

When  grace  hath  well  refin'd  our  heart, 
And  freih  i'upplies  of  joy  are  fried, 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  our  head. 

3  Then  fhall  we  fee,  and  hear,  and  know, 
All  we  defir'd  or  whh'd  below  ; 
And  every  pov\  er  find  fweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

H     Y     M     N         LXXIX. 

The  Divine  Blejfing  implored. 

j      A  UTHOR  of  Good,  to  thee  we  come  5 
Jix.     Thy  ever  wakeful  eye 
Alone  can  all  our  wants  difcern, 
Thy  hand  alone  f apply. 

a  O  let  thy  fear  within  us  dwell, 
Thy  love  our  footfteps  guide  : 
That  love  ihall  vainer  loves  expel  ; 
That  fear,   all  fears  befide. 

3  And  fmce,  by  error's  force  fubdu'd, 

Too  oft  the  ftubborn  will 
Miftaken  ihuns  the  latent  good, 
And  grafps  the  fpecious  ill  j 

4  Not  to  our  wifh,  but  to  our  want, 

Do  thou  thy  gifts  apply  ; 
Unaik'd,  what  good  thou  knowefl;  grant  : 
What  ill,  tho'  afk'd,  deny. 


HYMNS    LXXX.    LXXXI.    95 

HYMN         LXXX. 

Divine  Guidance  Implored. 

i   f~\  THAT  the  Lord  would  guide  our  ways 
KJ       To  keep  his  ftatutes  ftill  ! 
O  that  the  Lord  would  grant  us  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will  ! 

z  Since  we  are  Grangers  here  below, 
Let  not  thy  path  be  hid  ; 
But  mark  the  road  our  feet  ihould  go,- 
And  be  our  conftant  guide. 

3  Order  our  footfteps  by  thy  word* 

And  make  our  hearts  hncere  ; 

Let  fin  have  no  dominion,  Lord, 

But  keep  our  conscience  clear. 

4  Make  us  to  walk  in  wifdom's  way, 

'Tis  a  delightful  road  ; 
It  leads  to  realms  of  endiefs  day, 
It  leads  to  thine  abode. 

HYMN         LXXXI. 

Imploring  divine  DiretHon. 

i   T    ORD,  through  the  dubious  paths  of  life, 
-L-i     Thy  feeble  fervant  guide  ; 
Supported  by  thy  powerful  arm, 
My  footfteps  ihall  not  Hide. 

3  To  thee,  O  my  unerring  guide  ! 
1  would  myfelt  refign  ; 
In  all  my  ways  acknowledge  thee, 
And  form  my  will  by  thine. 

5  Thus  (hail  each  blefting  of  thine  hand 
Be  doubly  fweet  to  me  ; 
And  in  new  griefs  I  ftill  mall  have 
A  refuge,  Lord,  in  thee. 


94    HYMNS  LXXXII.  LXXXlir, 

4  Lord,  by  thy  counlel  whilft  I  live, 
Guide  thou  my  wand'ring  feet  ; 
And  wlicn  my  courfe  on  earth  is  run» 
Conduct  mo  to  thy  feat. 

HYMN         LXXXII. 

The  Divine  Protecliou  and  B'ejfing  imp  tared, 

I  HPHY  prcfence,  cverlafting  God, 

X     Wide  o'er  all  n.tture  fp reads  abroad  ; 
Thy  watch t'ul  eyes,  which  cannot  flecp, 
In  ev'iy  place  thy  children  Keep. 

1  While  near  each  other  we  remain, 
Thou  dolt  our  lives  and  fouls  fuftain  ; 
When  abfenti  happy  if  we  fhare 
Tny  fmiles,  thy  counfels,  and  thy  care. 

3  To  thee  we  all  our  ways  commit. 
Anil  feek  our  comforts  near  thy  feat  ; 
Still  on  our  foul*  vouchfafe  to  fhine, 
And  guard  and  guide  us  ftill  as  thine. 

4  Give  us,  in  thy  beloved  houfe, 
Again  to  pay  our  thankful  vows  ; 
Or,  if  that  joy  no  more  be  known, 
Give  us  to  meet  around  thy  throne. 

HYMN         LXXXIII. 
The  Divine  Blfjfing  b-'f ought  on  our  lawful  Employ/' 


'S 


HINE  on  our  fouls,  eternal  Cod 
With  rays  of  glory  (hinc  ! 
O  let  thy  favour  crown  our  days, 
And  all  their  round  be  thine  ! 

a  Did  we  not  raife  our  hearts  to  thee, 
Our  hands  might  toil  in  vain  ; 
Small  joy  lucceis  it  felt"  would  give, 
If  thou  thy  love  reftrain. 


H  Y  M  N  S  LXXXIV.  LXXXV.     95 

3  With  thee  let  ev'ry  week  begin, 

With  thee  each  day  be  fpent, 
For  thee  each  fleeting  hour  improv'cU 
Since  each  by  thee  is  lent. 

4  Midfl  hourly  cares,  may  love  prefent 

Its  incenfe  to  thy  throne  ; 
And  while  the  world  our  hands  employs, 
Our  hearts  be  thine  alone. 

HYMN         LXXXIV. 

Groivth  dejired. 

1    T>  RAISE  to  thy  name,  eternal  God  ! 
jl      For  all  the  light  thou  lhed'it  abroad* 
For  all  thy  influence  from  above, 
To  warm  our  fouls  with  facred  love. 

2,  Bleff'd  be  thy  hand,  which  from  the  flues 
Brought  down  this  plant  of  paradife, 
And  gave  its  heav'nly  beauties  birth 
To  deck  this  wildernefs  of  earth. 

3  Unchanging  Sun  !  thy  beams  difplay, 
To  drive  the  froft  and  ftorms  away  ; 
Make  all  thy  potent  virtues  known, 
To  cheer  a  plant  fo  much  thy  own. 

4  May  thy  bleft  fpirit  deign  to  blow 
Frefli  gales  of  heav'n  on  ihrubs  below  ; 
So  fhall  they  grow,  and  breathe  abroad 
A  fragrance  grateful  to  our  God. 

HYMN      LXXXV. 

Devout  AffeBion. 

1    TpOUNTAIN  of  being  !  God  of  love  « 
JT      To  thee  our  hearts  we  raife  ; 
Thine  all-fuftaining  power  we  prove* 
And  gladly  flng  thy  praiie. 


$6  HYMN    LXXXVL 

z  Thine,  wholly  thine»  we  long  to  be  ; 
Our  facrifice  receive  ; 
Made,  and  preferv'd,  and  fav'd  by  theej 
To  thee  ourfelves  we  give. 

%   Heavenward  our  every  wifh  afpires  ; 
For  all  thy  mercies  (lore, 
The  lble  return  thy  love  requires, 
Is,  that  we  aik  for  more. 

4.  For  more  we  aik  ;  we  open,  Lordf 
Our  hearts  t'  embrace  thy  will ; 
Renew  us  by  thy  heav'nly  grace* 
And  with  thy  fulnefs  fill. 

5  Still  may  we  find  thy  heavenly  love 

Shed  in  our  hearts  abroad ; 

So  lhall  we  ever  live,  and  move» 

And  be  with  Chrift  in  God. 

HYMN         LXXXVL 

Confidence  in  God  our  Father. 

GOD  !  on  thee  we  all  dependj 
On  thy  paternal  care  ; 
Thou  wilt  the  father  and  the  friend 
In  every  ad  appear. 

a  With  open  hand  and  liberal  heart 
Thou  wilt  our  wants  fupply  ; 
Thy  heav'nly  bleflings  ftill  impart> 
And  no  good  thing  deny. 

3  Our  father  knows  what's  good  and  fitj 

And  wifdom  guides  his  love  ; 
To  thine  appointments  we  fubmit. 
And  ev'ry  choice  approve. 

4  In  thy  paternal  love  and  care 

With  cheerful  hearts  we  truft  j 


•O 


HYMNS  LXXXVII.  LXXXVIII.  97 

Thy  tender  mercies  boundlefs  are, 
And  all  thy  ways  are  juit. 

5  We  cannot  want,  while  God  provides  j 
What  he  ordaias  is  beft  ; 
And  Heav'n,  whate'er  we  want  befides-, 
Will  give  eternal  reft. 


'A 


HYMN         LXXXVII. 

The  Prefence  of  God  our  fur  e  Support. 

ND  art  thou  with  us,  gracious  Lord, 


To  diflipate  our  fear 
Doft  thou  proclaim  thyfelf  our  God, 
Our  God  forever  near? 

&  Doth  thy  right  hand,  which  form'd  the  earth. 
And  bears  up  all  the  flues, 
Stretch  from  on  high  its  friendly  aid, 
When  dangers  round  us  rife  ? 

3  On  this  fupport  our  fouls  mall  le'an, 

And  barjifh  every  care  ; 
The  gloomy  vale  of  death  fhall  fmiie* 
If  God  be  with  us  there. 

4  While  we  thy  gracious' fuccour  prove 

'Midft  all  our  various  ways, 
The  darkeft  (hades  through  which  we  pafs 
Shall  echo  with  thy  praife. 

HYMN         LXXXVIII. 

Truji  in  God  through  all  the  Changes  of  Life, 

5  'C'ATHER  of  mercies,  God  of  love, 
JL      My  father  and  my  God, 

I'll  ffhg  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
And  fyread  thy  praife  abroad. 

s  My  foul,  in  plea#hg  wonder  loft> 
Thy  various  love  furveys  j 
I 


98  HYMN    LXXXI5C. 

Where  fhall  my  grateful  lips  begin, 
Or  where  conclude  thy  praife  ? 

3  In  every  period  of  my  life 

Thy  thoughts  of  love  appear ; 
Thy  rfiercies  gild  each  tranfient  fcene* 
And  crown  each  palling  year. 

4  In  all  thefe  mercies  may  my  foul 

A  father's  bounty  fee, 
Nor  let 'the  gifts  thy  grace  beftows 
Elirange  my  heart  from  thee. 

5  Teach  me,  in  time  of  deep  diftrefs, 

To  own  thy  hand,  my  God  ; 
And  in  fubmifllve  filence  hear 
The  lefibns  of  thy  rod. 

6  In  every  varying  mortal  (late, 

Each  bright,  each  gloomy  fcene, 
Give  me  a  meek  and  humble  mind* 
Still  equal  and  ferene. 

7  Then  will  I  clofe  my  eyes  in  death 

Without  one  anxious  fear  ; 

Por  death  itfelf  is  life,  O  God, 

If  thou  art  with  me  there. 

HYMN         LXXXIX, 

Reliance  on  Divine  Proteiliortm 

:   f~X$  thee,  O  God  !  we  ftill  depend, 
KJ  Our  father  and  our  conftant  friend* 
All  that  is  good  thou  can'ft  fupply, 
And  put  all  threat'ning  evil  by. 

2.  Should  wars  on  ev'ry  fide  invade, 
We'll  (belter  feek  beneath  thy  fhatfe  $ 
We'll  tvuft  to  thy  paternal  care, 
#or  want,  nor  harm,  nor  danger  fear. 


HYMN    XC.  99 

j  We'll  ftill  refer  ourfelves  to  thee, 
And  with  our  lot  contented  be  ; 
With  one  confenting  heart  and  voice, 
Approve  our  heav'nly  father's  choice. 

4  From  earth  we'll  turn  our  longing  eye$, 
To  regions  far  beyond  the  ikies  ; 
O  fit  us  for  that  bleft  abode, 
Where  dwells  our  father  and  our  God* 


HYMN        XC. 
God  the  Support  of  frail  Man. 

i    T    ORD,  we  adore  thy  wond'rous  name, 
1  j     And  make  that  name  our  truft, 
Which  rais'd  at  firft  this  curious  frames 
From  mean  and  lifeiefs  daft. 

2  A  while  thefe  frail  machines  endure, 

The  fabrick  of  a  day  ; 
Then  know  their  vital  pow'rs  no  more, 
But  moulder  back  to  clay, 

3  Yet,   Lord,  whate'er  is  felt  or  fear'd, 

This  thought  is  our  repofe — 
That  he  by  whom  this  frame  is  rear'd, 
Its  various  weaknefs  knows, 

4  Thou  view 'ft  us  with  a  pitying  eye, 

Whilft  ftruggling  with  our  load  ; 
In  pains  and  dangers  thou  art  nigh, 
Our  Father  and  cur  God. 

5  Gently  fupported  by  thy  love, 

We  tend  to  realms  ot  peace ; 
Where  ev'ry  pain  mall  far  remove: 
And  ev'ry  frailty  ceale. 


ico    HYMNS  XCI.  XCII.  XCIIL 


'H 


HYMN         XCI. 

God  our  Safety  in  Dangir. 

APPY  the  fouls  who  trufl  in  God  ; 
They  find  a  molt  iecnre  abode  ; 
They  walk  all  day  beneath  his  lhade, 
And  there  at  night  they  reft  their  head. 

a  Jf  burning  beams  of  noon  confpire 
To  dart  a  peftilential  fire, 
God  is  their  life,  his  wings  are  fpread 
To  fhield  them  with  a  healthful  lhade. 

3   If  vapours,  with  malignant  breath, 
Rife  thick,  and  fcatter  midnight  death, 
The  faints  are  fafe  ;   the  poifon'd  air 
Grows  pure  ;  for  God  himfelf  is  there. 

HYMN         XCII. 

Truji  in  God  under  Troubles. 

i    QINCE  thou,  the  everlafting  God, 
k}     Our  father  art  become, 
Our  teacher,  guardian,  and  our  friend. 
And  heay'n  our  final  home  ; 

i  We  welcome  all  thy  fov 'reign  will, 
For  all  that  will  is  love  ; 
And,  when  we  know  not  what  thou  dolt, 
We  wait  the  light  above. 

3   Thy  mercy,  in  the  darkeft  gloom, 
Shall  heav'nly  rays  impart ; 
Andi  when  our  eyelids  clofe  in  death* 
Shall  warm  our  trembling  heart. 

HYMN         XCIII. 


A 


God  cur  Strength. 
WAKE,  our  fouls  !    away,  our  fears ' 
Let  ey'ry  trembling  thought  be  goac  ! 


HYMN    XC1V.  xoz 

•Awake  and  run  the  heav'nly  race, 
And  put  a  cheerful  courage  on  ! 

2  True,  'tis  a  itrait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpirits  tire  and  faint  ; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 
That  feeds  the  ftrength  of  every  faint  : 

3  The  mighty  God,  whofe  matchlcfs  powYj 
Is  ever  new  and  ever  young  ; 

And  firm  endures,  while  endlefs  years 
Their  everlafting  circles  run. 

4  From  him,  the  overflowing  fpring, 
Our  fouls  {hall  draw  a  large  fupply  ; 
While  fuch  as  feek  refrelhing  draughts 
From  mortal  ftreams,  mail  droop  and  die* 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  his  abode; 
On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  lhall  fly, 
Nor  tire  amidft  the  heavenly  road. 

HYMN        XCIY. 

Dependence  and  Rfjrgn-ation. 

%  f~*  REAT  Lord  of  earth,  and  feas  and  flues  I 
KJf  Thy  wealth  the  needy  world  fupplies  j 
On  thee  alone  the  whole  depends, 
Thy  care  to  ev'ry  part  extends. 

a  To  thee  perpetual  thanks  we  owe, 
For  all  our  comforts  here  below  ; 
Our  daily  bread  thy  bounty  gives* 
And  ev'ry  riling  want  relieves. 

3  The  waftes  of  life  thy  ppw'r  repairs, 
Thy  mercy  ftills  tempeftuous  cares, 
And  fafe  beneath  thy  guardian  arm 
We  Iiye  fecur'4  from  ev'ry  jjarm. 


ioz  HYMN    XCV. 

4  To  thee  we  cheerful  homage  bring* 

In  grateful  hymns  thy  prailes  fing, 

Direct  to  thee  our  waiting  eyes, 

And  humbly  look  for  frelh  fupplies. 

j  . 
,5  We  flill  are  indigent  and  poor, 

Indebted  much,  yet  lacking  more  ; 

On  thee  we  ever  will  depend, 

The  rich,  the  fure,  the  faithful  friend. 

6  And,  mould  thy  meafures  feem  feverej 
Calmly  may  we  thy  chalfhing  bear. 
Without  complaint,  to  thee  fubmitf 
Th'  unerring  Judge  of  what  is  fit. 

HYMN        XCV. 

Submijfion  to  the  all-tvife  Decrees. 

1  T    ORD,  how  myfterious  are  thy  ways ! 

l^d  How  blind  are  we  !    how  mean  our  pr^aife  k. 
Thy  fteps  can  mortal  eyes  explore  ? 
'Tis  ours  to  wonder  and  adore  ! 

2  Thy  deep  decrees  from  creature  fight 
Are  hid  in  fiiades  of  awful  night  j 
Amid  the  hrtes,  with  curious  eye, 
"Not  angel  minds  prefume  to  pry. 

3  Great  Cod  !   I  would  not  afk  to  fee 
What  in  futurity  (hall  be; 

If  light  and  blifs  attend  my  days, 
Then  let  my  future  hours  be  praife. 

4  Is  darknefs  and  diftrefs  my  fiiare, 
Then  let  me  truft  thy  guardian  care  ; 
Enough  for  me,  if  l«ve  divine 

At  length  through  every  cloud  fhall  mine. 

5  Yet  this  my  foul  deiires  to  knowj 
Ee  this  wy  only  wilh  below5 


HYMNS     XCVI.     XCVII.     103 

**  That  I  am  thine  !" — This  great  requeft 
Grant,  bounteous  God.  and  I  am  bleft  I 

HYMN         XCVI. 

Submijjion  under  Affliction,. 

1  HHHY  people,   Lord,  have  ever  found 

X       'Tis  good  to  bear,  thy  rod  ; 
Airlitfions  make  us  learn  thy  law. 
And  live  upon  our  God. 

a  This  is  the  comfort  we  enjoy  ; 
When  new  diftrefs  begins, 
We  read  thy  word,  we  run  thy  way. 
And  hate  our  former  fins. 

3  Thy  judgments,  Lord,  are  always  right* 

Though  they  may  feem  fevere  ; 
Thefharpeft  fuiFerings  we  endure. 
Flow  from  thy  faithful  care. 

4  Before  we  knew  thy  chaftening  rod, 

Our  feet  were  apt  to  ft  ray  ; 
Now  may  we  learn  to  keep  thy  word, 
Nor  wander  from  thy  way. 

HYMN         XCVII. 

Iruft  in  God  under  Trouble. 

*       /COMMIT  thou  all  thy  ways 
\*y     And  griefs  into  his  hands, 
To  his  fure  truth  and  tender  care 
Who  heav'n  and  earth  commands. 

2  Who  points  the  clouds  their  courfe? 
Whom  winds  and  feas  obey> 

He  ihall  dired  thy  wand 'ring  feet» 
He  mall  prepare  thy  way. 


3 


No  profit  canft  thou  gain 
By  feU-cGiifuming  c^r«3 


104  HYMN    XCVIII. 

To  him  commend  thy  caufe*  his  ear 
Attends  the  fofteft  prayer. 

4  Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears, 
Hope  and  be  undifmay'd  ; 

God  hears  thy  fighs  and  counts  thy  tears, 
He  will  lift  up  thy  head. 

5  Through  waves  and  clouds  and  ftorms 
He'll  gently  clear  thy  way  ; 

Wait  thou  his  time,  fo  (hall  this  night 
Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 

6  Leave  to  his  fovereign  fway 
To  choofe  and  to  command* 

So  (halt  thou,  grateful,  own  his  way 
Ii  wife,  and  ftrong  his  hand. 

HYMN         XCVIII. 

Weeping  Seerf-ti;ne,  joyful  Harveji. 

1  HpHE  darken'd  iky,  how  thick  it  lowers  ! 

A    Troubled  with  ttor m  s ,  and  bi  g  with  fhower  < 
No  cheerful  gleam  of  light  appears, 
But  nature  pours  forth  all  her  tears. 

2  Yet  let  the  fons  of  grace  revive, 

God  bids  the  foul  that  fteks  him  live  ; 
And  from  the  gloomieft  ibade  of  night 
Calls  forth  a  morning  of  delight. 

£  The  feeds  of  extacy  unknown, 
Are  in  thefe  water'd  furrows  fown  ; 
See  the  green  blades  how  thick  they  rife, 
Arrd  with  frefh  verdure  blefs  our  eyes. 

4  In  fecret  foldings  they  contain 
Unnumber'd  ears  of  golden  grain  ; 
And  heav'n  fhall  pour  its  ocams  around? 
Till  the  ripe  harveft  load  the  ground. 

■ 


H  Y.M  N  S    XCIX.     C.        *o£ 

5  Then  (hall  the  trembling  mourner  come, 
And  find  his  fheaves,  and  bear  them  home  j 
The  voice  long  broke  with  fighs  mail  fing» 
Tfllheav'n  with  Hallelujahs  ring. 

HYMN         XCIX. 

Wait  on  the  Lord. 

I  TI  7A1T  on  the  Lord,  ye  heirs  of  hope, 
V  V     And  let  his  word  fupport  your  foul&j 
Well  can  he  bear  your  courage  up, 
And  all  your  foes  and  fears  controul. 

a  Ke  waits  his  own  well-chofen  hour 
Th'  intended  mercy  to  difplay, 
And  his  paternal  bowels  move 
While  wifdom  didtates  the  delay ,. 

3  With  mingled  majefty  and  love, 
At  length  he  riles  from  his  throne  ; 
And  while  falvation  he  commands, 
He  makes  his  people's  joy  his  own. 

4  Bleft  are  the  humble  fouls  that  wait 
With  fweet  fubmiflion  to  his  will  ; 
Harmonious  all  their  pafiions  move, 
And  in  the  midft  of  ftorms  are  ftill. 


;  Still,  till  their  Father's  well  known  voice 
Wakens  their  filenre  into  fongs  ; 
Then  earth  grows  vocal  with  his  praife, 
And  heav'n  the  grateful  fnout  prolongs. 

HYMN         C. 

Trtijiing  in  him  icho  carethjor  us, 

l       T  TOW  gentle  God's  commands  ! 
ll  How  kind  his  precepts  are  ! 
"  Come,  call  your  burdens  on  the  Lord* 
And  trull  his  constant  care/' 


:o6.  HYMN    CI, 

a       While  providence  fupports 
Let  faints  fecurely  dwell  ; 
That  hand*  which  bears  all  nature  up> 
Shall  guide  his  children  well. 

3  Then  let  no  anxious  load 
Prefs  down  your  weary  mind  ; 

Hafte  to  your  heav'nly  Father's  throne* 
And  fweet  refrefhm?nt  find. 

4  His  goodnefs  ftands  approv'd 
Down  to  the  prefent  day  ; 

Then  drop  your  burdens  at  his  feet. 
And  bear  a  fong  away. 


HYMN         CI. 

God  the  Comfort  of  the  pious  Poor. 

<A1SE  to  the  Sov'reign  of  thefky* 
Who  from  his  lofty  throne 
Looks  down  on  all  that  humble  lie, 
And  calls  fuch  fouls  his  own. 


■P1 


2  The  haughty  fjnner  he  difdains, 

Tho'  gems  his  temples  crown  ; 
And  from  the  feat  of  pomp  and  pride* 
His  vengeance  hurls  him  down. 

3  On  his  afflicted  pious  poor 

He  makes  his  face  to  fhine  ; 
He  fills  their  cottages  of  clay 
With  luftre  all  divine. 

4  Among  the  meaneft  of  thy  flock 
There  let  my  dwelling  be, 
Rather  than  under  gilded  roofs, 
If  abftnt,  Lord,  from  thee. 


M 


HYMNS    CII,    CIII.         io- 

H     Y     M     N         CIT. 

A  living  and  dead  Faith  compared. 
STAKEN  fouls  !  who  dream  of  heaven? 


And  make  their  empty  boaft 
Of  inward  joys  and  fins  forgiven, 
While  they  are  flaves  to  luft. 

2  The  faith,  which  purifies  the  heart, 
The  faith,  which  works  by  love, 
Which  bids  our  finful  joys  depart, 
And  lifts  our  thoughts  above  j 

.3  The  faith,  which  conquers  earth  and  hell 

By  a  celeftial  power ; 
.    This  is  the  grace  which  ftrall  prevail 

In  the  decifive  hour  ; 

■H     Y    M     tt        CIII. 

The  Chriftian  Warfare. 

t     A  WAKE  my  foul,  lift  up  thine  eyes  5 
xi  See  where  thy  foes  againft  thee  rifes 
In  long  array,  a  numerous  holt ; 
Awake  my  foul,  or  thou  art  loft. 

2  See  where  rebellious  paffions  rage, 
And  fierce  defires  and  lulls  engage ; 
The  meanelt  foe  ef  all  the  train 

Has  thoufands  and  ten  thoufands  llain, 

3  Thou  tread'lt  upon  enchanted  ground* 
Perils  and  fnares  befet  thee~round  ; 
Beware  of  all,  guard  every  part, 

But  moft  the  traitor  in  thy  heart. 

4  Gome  then,  my  foul,  now  learn  to  wieifl 
The  weight  of  thine  immortal  fhield  3 
Put  on  the  armour  from  above 

Oi  heavenly  truth  and  heaywtfy  lpve. 


.*o8        HYMNS    CIV.    CV, 

5  The  terror  and  the  charm  repel/ 

And  powers  of  earth,  and  powers  of  hell ; 
The  Man  of  Calv'ry  triumph'd  here  { 
Why  fhould  his  faithful  followers  fear  ? 


A 


HYMN         CIV. 

The  Chrijiian's  Rtfoluilon. 
H  wretched  fouls,  who  ftill  remain 


Slaves  to  the  world,  and  Haves  to-fin  ! 
A  nobler  toil  may  we  fuftain, 
A  nobler  fatisfaction  win. 

a  May  we  refolve  with  all  our  heart, 
With  all  our  powers  to  ferve  the  Lord ; 
Nor  from  his  precepts  e'er  depart, 
Whofe  fervice  is  a  rich  reward. 

3  O  be  his  fervice  all  our  joy, 
Around  let  our  example  fhine, 
Till  others  love  the  bleft  employi 
And  join  in  labours  fo  divine. 

4  Be  this  the  purpofe  of  our  foul, 
Our  folemn,  our  determin'd  choice. 
To  yield  to  his  fupreme  controul, 
And  in  his  kind  commands  rejoice. 

3  O  may  we  never  faint^nor  tire, 

Nor  wandering  leave  his  facred  ways  ; 
Great  God,  accept  our  foul's  defire, 
And.give  us  ftrength  to  love  thy  praife. 

HYMN         CV. 

The  Chriftian  Race. 

i    j\  WAKE,  my  foul,  ftretch  ev'ry  nervfy 
JLX.     And  prefs  with  vigour  on  ; 
An  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zealj 
And  an  immortal  crown. 


H  Y  M  N  S    CVI.     CVII.        109 

%  A  cloud  of  witnefles  around 
Hold  thee  in  full  furvey  ; 
Forget  the  fteps  already  trod. 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

3  'Tis  God's  all-animating  voice 

Which  calls  thee  from  on  high  5 
'Tis  his  own  hand  prefents  the  prize 
To  thine  afpiring  eye. 

4  My  foult  with  facred  ardour  iir'd, 

The  glorious  prize  purfue  ; 
And  meet  with  joy  the  high  command 
To  bid  this  earth  adieu. 

H     Y     M    <N         CVI. 

llolinefs  ejlent'ialto  a  Chrljllan  Cbava&er-* 

1  QO  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs 
k3  The  holy  gofpel  we  profel's  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine- 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

2  Then  (hall  we  beil  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour  God, 
When  the  falvation  rei'gns  withini 
And  grace  fub dues  the  power  of  fin, 

3  Our  flefh  and  fenfe  ciuil  be  deny'd, 
Paffion  and  envy,  lint  and  pride ; 

While  juftice,  temperance,  truth  s.nd  lov?3 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  fpiritsup, 
While  we  expect  that  blefied  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  our  Lord, 
And  faith  itands  leaning  on  his  word. 

H     Y     M     N        CVII. 
Hol'wefs  a  nccfjfary  'Quail ji 'cation  for  Heave-:, 
OR  eye  hath  feen,  nor  ear  hath.hgajdj 


*N 


N©r  fcufe,  no?  reason  kaown, 
•K 


no  HYMN    CVIIL 

What  joys  the  Father  hath  prepar'd* 
For  thofe  who  love  the  Son. 

3  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
Reveals  a  heav'n  to  come; 
The  beams  of  glory,  in  the  word* 
Allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  fky, 
And  all  the  region  peace  ; 
No  wanton  tongue,  nor  envious  eye 
Can  fee  or  tafte  the  bill's. 

HYMN         CVIII. 

Bleffed  are  the  poor  in  Spirit. 

i  "\7"E  humble  fouls  complain  no  more* 
X     Let  faith  furvey  your  future  ftore? 
How  happy,  how  divinely  bleft, 
The  facred  words  of  truth  atteft. 

s  When  c'onfcious  grief  laments  fincere 
And  pours  the  penitential  tear  ; 
Hope  points  to  your  dejedled  eyes 
A  bright  reverfion  in  the  ikies  t 

3  A  kingdom  of  immenfe  delight, 
Where  health,  and  peace,  and  joy  unite* 
Where  undeclining  pleafures  rile, 

And  every  wifh  hath  full  fupplies  : 

4  A  kingdom  which  can  ne'er  de«af , 
Tho'  time  fweeps  earthly  thrones  away  : 
The  date,  which  power  and  truth  fuftain 
Unmev'd  forever  muft  remain. 

5  Creat  Cod,  to  thee  we  breathe  our  prayer  £ 
If  thou  confirm  our  intereft  there, 
Enroll'd  among  thy  happy  poor» 

Our  iargelt  wilhes  ajk  no  more. 


HYMNS    CIX.    CX.        m. 

HYMN        CIX. 

'The  Happinefs  of  a  real  Chrljiian. 

I  TtOW  happy  is  the  Christian's  mind  ! 
n     His  fins  are  all  forgiven, 
A  cheering  ray  confirms  the  hope» 
And  lifts  his  foul  to  heaven. 

3  Though  in  a  rugged  path  of  life 
He  heaves  the  penfive  figh> 
Yet,  trufting  in  his  God,  he  finds 
Delivering  grace  is  nigh. 

3  If  to  prevent  his  wandering  fteps 

He  feeis  the  chaftening  rod,  \ 

The  gentle  ftroka  ihall  bring  him  back 
To  his  forgiving  God. 

HYMN        CX. 

*The  Life  of  a  Chrijlian. 

I   f~\  Happy  fouls,  who  live  on  high  ! 

V-/     While  men  lie  groveling  herei  : 

Their  hopes  are  fix'd  above  the  Iky, 
And  faith  forbids  their  fear. 

3  Their  eonfeience  knows  no  fecret  lUngs, 

While  grace  and  joy  combine 
To  form  a  life,  whole  holy  fprings 
Are  hidden  and  divine. 

Their  pleafures  rife  from  things  unfepn, 

Beyond  this  world  and  time, 
Where  neither  eyes  nor  ears  have  been, 

Nor  thoughts  of  mortals  climb, 

4  They  want  no  pomp  nor  royal  throne 

To  raife  their  honours  here  t 
Content  and  plcas'd  to  live  unknowa 
Till  Chritf  their  life  appear, 


U2       HYMNS    CXI.    CXII. 

II     Y     M     N         CXI. 

The  Cbrijiian's  Pmffecl. 

*    TTAPPY  the  foul,  whofe  wifhes  climb 
XjL     To  manfions  in  the  fkies  I 
He  looks  on  all  the  joys  of  time 
With  undeiiring  eyes. 

1  In  vain  foft  Pleafure  fpreads  her  charms8 
And  throws  her  fllken  chain  ; 
And  Wealth  and  Fame  invite  his  armsi 
And  tempt  his  ear,  in  vain. 

3  He  knows  that  all  thefe  glittering  things 

Muft  yield  to  fure  decay  ;^ 
And  fees,  on  Time's  extended  wings* 
How  fwift  they  fleet  away. 

4  To  things,  unfeen  by  mortal  eycst 

A  beam  of  facred  light 
Directs  his  views  ;  his  profpe&s  rife 
All  permanent  and  bright. 

5  His  hopes,  ft  ill  fix'd  on  joys  to  come, 

Thoie  blifsful  lcenes  on  high> 
Shall  flouriih  in  immortal  bloom, 
When  time  and  nature  die. 

HYMN        CXII. 

The  acceptable  Sacrifice. 

i  TT  THEREWITH  lhall  1  approach  the  Lord/ 
V  V       And  bow  before  his  throne  ? 
Or  how  procure  his  kind  regard, 
And  for  my  guilt  atone  ? 

2  Shall  altars  flame,  and  viclims.  bleed: 
And  fpicy  fumes,  afccnd  ? 
Will  thefe  my  earned  wifh  fucceecl? 
And  make  my  God  my  friend  I 


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HYMN    CXIII.  113 

3  Oh  !  no,  my  foul,  'twere  fruitlefs  all* 

Such  off  "rings  are  in  vain  ; 
fjo  fatlings,  from  the  field  or  ftall» 
His  faveur  can  obtain. 

4  To  men  their  rights  T.muft  allow, 

And  proofs  of  kindnefs  give  ; 
To  God  with  humble  re-v'rence  bows 
And  to  his  glory  live. 

3  Hands  that  are  clean,  and  hearts  fincere3 
He  never  wili  deipife  ; 
And  cheerful  duty  he'll  prefer 
To  coitly  facrifice. 

H     Y     M     N         CXI  IT. 

Ihe  Citizen  of  Sicn. 

I  TI7HO  mall  to  thy  chofen  feat 

VV     Turn  in  glad  approach  his  feet  ? 
Who,  great  God,  a  welcome  gueft  £ 

On  thy  hallow'd  mountain  relt  ? 

a  He  whofe  heart  thy  love  has  warm'd  ; 
He  whofe  will,*  to  thine  conforin'd, 
Bids  his  life  unfullied  run  ; 
He  whofe  word  and  thought  are  one  ; 

3  He  who  ne'er,  with  cruel  aim, 
Seeks  to  wound  an  honeft  fame  ; 
Nor  to  flander's  tongue  levere 
Lends  with  eafy  faith  his  ear  ; 

4  Who,  from  fervile  terror  free, 

Turns  from  thole  who  turn  from  thee  |  '  ; 

And  to  each,  who  thee  obeys, 
Love  and  honour  ever  pays  ; 

5  What  he  fwears,  with  fled  tail  will 
Ever  ready  to  fulfil  ; 


1 14      HYMN  S   XXIV.    CXV. 

Nor  can  bribes  his  fentence  guide 
'Gainft  the  guiltiefs  to  decide  ; 

6  He  who  thus,  with  heart  uuflain'dg 
Treads  the  path  by  thee  ordain'd, 
He,  great  God,  fhall  own  thy  care* 
And  thy  con^r.nt  ble'ffing  lhare. 

H     Y     M     N         CXIV. 

The  Advantage  of  early  Religion* 

I    TTAPPY  the  foul,  whofe  early  years 
XTx     Receives  inftrucYion  well ; 
Who  hates  the  Tinner's  path,  and  fears- 
The  road  that  leads  to  hell. 

%  When  we  devote  our  youth  to  God*. 
'Tis  pleafing  in  his  eyes; 
A  flower,  when  oifer'd  in  the  bud» 
Is  no  vain  facrifice. 

3  'Tis  eafier  work,  if  we  begin 

To  fear  the  Lord  betimes  ; 
While  dinners,  who  grow  old  in  fir.p 
Are  harden'd  in  their  crimes. 

4  'Twill  fave  us  from  a  thoufand  fnares» 

To  mind  religion.young  ; 
Grace  will  preferve  our  following  years* 
And  make  our  virtue  ftrong. 

HYMN        CXV. 

Remember  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  Ycutb, 

I   TN  the  foft  feafon  of  thy  youth, 
JL     In  nature's  fmiling  bloom, 
Ere  age  arrive,  and  trembling  wait 
Its  fummons  to  the  tomb  ; 

i  Remember  thy  Creator  God  ; 
for  him  thy  powers  employ  j 


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HYMN    CXVI.  125 

Make  hi;n  thy  fear,  thy  love,  thy  hopej 
Thy  confidence,  thy  joy. 

3  He  fliall  defend  and  guide  thy  courfe 

Thro'  life's  uncertain  fea, 
Till  thou  art  landed  on  the  more.  • 

Of  blelt  eternity. 

4  Then  feek  the  Lord  betimes,  and  choofe 

The  path  of  heav'nly  truth  ; 
The  earth  affords  no  lovelier  fight 
Than  a  religious  youth. 

H     Y     M     N         CXVI. 

Gravity  end  Decency . 

j    /">AN  laughter  feed  th'  immortal  min4  ^ 
V^   Were  fpirits  of  celeftial  kind 
Made  for  a  jeft,  for  fport,  and  play, 
To  wear  out  time  and  wafte  the  day  ? 

'  2  Doth  vain  dilcourfe,  or  empty  mirth, 
Well  fuit  the  honours  of  their  birth  ? 
Shall  they  be  fond  of  gay  a-tiire, 
Which  children  love,  and  fools  admire  f 

3  What  if  we  wear  the  richefl  veil  ? 
Peacocks  and  flies  are  better  dreft  ; 
This  flefh,  with  all  its  gaudy  forms  ; 
Mult  drop  to  duft,  and  feed  the  worms. 

Lord,  raife  our  hearts  and  paflions  higher? 
Touch  all  our  fouls  with  facred  fire  ; 
Then,  with  a  heaven-direded  eye, 
We'll  pafs  thefe  glittering  trifles  by. 

We'll  look  on  all  the  toys  below 
With  fuch  difdain  as  angels  do  ; 
And  wait  the  call  that  bids  us  rife 
To  manuons  promis'd  in  the  iki.es, . 


ii6  HYMN    CXVII. 

HYMN       CXVII. 

Contentment. 


JI 


F  folid  happinefs  we  prize. 
Within  our  breafls  this  jewel  lies, 

Unwife  are  they  who  roam  ; 
The  world  has  nothing  to  bellow, 
From  our  own  felves  our  joys  mull  floWj 

And  peace  begins  at  home. 

■3,  We'll  therefore  relifh  with  content 
Whate'er  kind  Providence  hath  fent> 

Ncr  aim  beyo&d  our  pow'r  ; 
And,  if  our  Itore  of  wealth  be  j'mall8 
With  thankful  hearts  enjoy  it  alU 

Nor  iofe  the  prefent  hour. 

3  To  be  relign'd,  when  ills  betide* 
Patient,  when  favours  are  deny'd, 

And  pleas'd  with  favours  given  ; 
This  is  the  wife,  the  virtuous  part». 
This  is  that  incenfe  of  the  heart, 

Whofe  fragrance  reaches  heav'n. 

,:j.  Thus,  crown'd  with  peace,  thro'  life  we'll  ge>> 
Its  chequer'ck  paths  of  joy  and  wo 
With  cautious  fleps  well  tread  ; 
Quit  its  vain  fcenes  without  a  tear, 
Without  a  trouble  or  a  fear, 
And  mingle  with  the  dead* 

5  While  Conference,  like  a  faithful  fuend,- 
Shall  thro'  the  gloomy  vale"  attend, 

And  cheer  our  dying  breath  ; 
Shall,  when  ail  other  comforts  ceafe. 
Like  a  kind  angel  whifper  peace, 

And  fmcoth  the  bed  of  death, 


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HYMNS   CXVIII.    CXIX.     117 

HYMN       CXVIII. 

Patience. 

t  T)ATIENCE,  O 'tis  a  grace  divine 

JL     Sent  from  the  God  of  pow'r  and  love,   '- 
That  leans  upon  its  father's  arm, 
As  thro'  the  wilds  of  life  we  rove. 

t  By  patience  we  ferenely  bear 
The  troubles  of  our  mortal  itate, 
And  wait  contented  our  difcharge, 
Nor  think  our  glory  comes  too  late. 

3  O  for  this  grace  to  aid  us  on, 
And  arm  with  fortitude  the  breaft, 
Till,  life's  tumultuous  voyage  o'er, 
We  reach  the  mores  of  endlefs  reft, 

4  Faith  into  virion  mall  refign, 
Hope  fhall  in  full  fruition  die. 
And  patience  in  poffeffion  end, 

In  the  bright  worlds  of  blifs  on  higia. 

HYMN       CXIX. 

Trudence. 

1  /~\  'Tis  a  lovely  thing  to  fee     , 
V^/       A  man  of  prudent  heart, 
"Whofe  thoughts,  and  lips,  and  life*  -agree* 
To  ad  a  ufeful  part. 

a  When  envy,  ftrifc  and  wars  begin, 
In  little  angry  fouls, 
Mark  how  the  fons  of  peace  come  in, 
And  quench  the  kindling  coals. 

3  Their  minds  are  humble,  mild  and  mcekj 

Nor  let  their  anger  rife  ; 
Nor  pailion  moves  their  lips  to  fpeak. 
Nor  pride  exalts  their  eyes. 


us    hymns  cxx.  cxxr. 

4  Their  lives  are  prudence  mix'd  with  love  ; 
Good  works  employ  their  day  ; 
They  join  the  ferpent  with  the  dove. 
But  caft  the  fling  away. 

H     Y     M     tf         CXX. 

Equity. 
Y  foul,  abjure  th'  accurfed  throng/ 


'M 


Whofe  profp'ring  wealth  increafes  faft 
By  fraud,  by  violence,  and  wrong, 
Still  thriving  for  the  thunder's  blaft. 

%  If  high  or  low  my  ftation  be, 
Of  noble  or  ignoble  name, 
By  uncorrupted  honefty 
Thy  blelling,  Lord  I'd  humbly  claim. 

3   Enrich'd  with  that,  no  want  I'll  fear* 
Thy  providence  ihall  be  my  truft  ; 
Thou  wilt  provide  my  portion  here, 
Thou  friend  and  guardian  of  thejuft. 

4.  O  may  I  with  fincere  delight* 
To  all  the  tafk  of  duty  pay  ; 
Tender  of  every  focial  right, 
Obedient  to  thy  righteous  fway. 

5  Such  virtue  thou  wilt  not  forget, 
In  worlds  where  every  virtue  iharcs 
A  lit  reward,  tho*  not  of  debt, 
But  what  thy  boundlefs  grace  prepares. 

HYMN         CXXI. 

Liberality.    I 

i   TTAPPY  is  he  who  fears  the  Lord, 
Lx     And  follows  his  commands  ; 
Who  lends  the  poor  without  reward*- 
Or  gives  with  lib'.al  hands. 


i 


H  y  M  N    CXXII.  »i£ 

£  As  pity  dwells  within  his  breaft 
To  all  the  fons  of  need* 
So  God  (hall  anfvver  his  rdqueft 
With  bleffings  on  his  feed. 

3  No  evil  tidings  (hall  furprife 

His  well  eftablifh'd  mind  ; 
His  foul  to  God  his  refuge  flies* 
And  leaves  his  fears  behind. 

4  In  times  of  general  diltrefs, 

Some  beams  of  light  mall  mine, 
To  (hew  the  world  his  righteoufnefs} 
And  give  him  peace  divine. 

5  His  works  of  pi£ty  and  love 

Remain  before  the  Lord  ; 
Honour  on  earth,  and  joy  aboYe» 
Shall  be  his  fure  reward. 

H     Y  .  M     N       CXXIL 

Chrijiian  Un  ity . 

%       T    ET  party  ftrife  no  more 

X-j     The  Chriftian  world  o'erfpreacl 
Gentile  and  Jew  and  Bond  and  Free, 
Are  one  in  Chrift  their  head. 

.§.      Among  the  faints  on  earth  J 

Let  mutual  love  be  found ; 
Heirs  of  the  fame  inh«ritance, 
With  mutual  bleffings  crown'd. 

3  Let  difeord*  child  of  hell» 
Be  banifh'd  far  away  ; 

Thofe  mould  in  ftricteft  friendfhip  dwellj 
Who  the  fame  Lord  obey. 

4  Thus  will  the  Church  below 
Referable  that  above, 

Where  ftreams  of  pleafure  ever  flow? 
And  ev'ry  heart  is  love, 


•o 


120    HYMNS  CXXIII.  CXXIV. 

H     Y     M     N        CXXIII. 

Brotherly  Love. 

GOD,  our  Father,  and  our  King; 

Of  all  we  have,  or  hope,  the  fpring  3 
Send  down  thy  fpirit  from  above, 
And  warm  our  hearts  with  holy  love. 

2,  May  we  from  every  adl  abftain, 

That  hurts  or  gives  our  neighbour  pain  j 
And  ev'ry  fecret  wifh  fuppvefs, 
That  would  abridge  his  happinefs. 

5  Still  may  we  feel  our  hearts  inclin'd 
To  ad  the  friend  to  all  our  kind ; 
Still  feek  their  fafety,  health  and  eafe> 
Virtue*  eternal  life,  and  peace. 

-4  With  pity  let  our  breaft  o'erflow, 
When  we  behold  a  wretch  in  wo  ; 
And  bear  a  fympathi^ing  part 
With  all  who  are  of  heavy  heart. 

5  Let  love  in  all  our  conduct  fhine, 
An  image  fair,  tho'  faint,  of  thine  ; 
Thus  may  we  Chrift's  difciples  prove? 
Who  came  to  manifeft  thy  love. 

H     Y     M     N        CXXIV. 

Love  to  Mankind  recommended  by  Ckrift, 

.1   "DEHOLD  where,  breathing  love  divine/ 
J3     Our  dying  Mailer  ftands  ! 
His  weeping  followers,  gathering  round- 
Receive  his  laft  commands. 

2  From  that  mild  Teacher's  parting  lips 
What  tender  accents  fell ! 
The  gentle  precept  which  he  gaye 
Became  its  Author  well. 


H  Y  M  N      CXXV.  12 1 

Bleft  is  the  man,  whofe  foft'ning  heart 

Feels  all  another's  pain  ; 
To  whom  the  fupplicating  eye 

Was  never  ra.s'd  in  vain  : 

Whofe  breafl  expands  with  generous  warmths 

A  Granger's  woes  to  feel  ; 
And  bleeds  in  pity  o'er  tiie  wound 

He  wants  the  power  to  heal. 

To  gentle  offices  of  love 
His  feet  are  never  flow  ; 
e  views,  thro'  mere; 
A  brother  in  a  foe. 

6  To  him  protection  lhall  be  {hewn, 
And  mercy  from  above 
Defcend  on  thofe  who  thus  fulfil 
The  perfect  law  of  love. 

H     Y     M     N         CXXV. 

Religiat  Tjaiflt  ivilksut  Love. 

3    T  TAD  we  the  tongues  of  Greeks  or  Jews5 
XjL  And  nobler  fpeech  than  Angels  ufe, 
If  love  be  wanting,  we  are  found, 
Like  tinkling  brafs,  an  empty  found. 

a  Were  we  infpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
All  that  is  done  in  heaven  and  hell, 
Or  could  cur  faith  the  world  remove, 
Still  we  are  nothing,  without  love. 

3  Should  we  diftribute  all  our  ftore 
To  cheer  the  bowels  of  the  poor, 
Or  give  our  bodies  to  the  flame 
To  gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name  t 

-4  If  love  to  God  and  love  to  man 
Be  abfent,  ail  cur  hopes  are  vain  ; 
L 


122    HYMNS  CXXV1.  CXXVII, 

Nor  tongues  i  nor  gifts,  nor  fiery  zeal. 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

HYMN         CXXVI. 

Domejfick  Love. 

i   T    O,  what  an  entertaining  fight 
Jl-j     Are  kindred  who  agree  ! 
How  bleft  the  houfe,  where  hearts  unite 
In  bands  of  piety  ! 

2  Where  ftreams  of  love,  from  heav'nly  fprings, 

Defcend  on  every  foul ; 
And  facred  peace,    with  balmy  wings, 
Shades  and  bedews  the  whole  ! 

3  All  in  their  proper  ftations  move, 

And  each  fulfils  his  part, 
In  all  the  cares  of  life  and  love, 
With  fympathizing  heart. 

4  Their  fouls  are  form'd  for  joy  and  peace, 

Their  hearts  and  hopes  are  one  ; 
And  kind  defires,  to  ferve  and  pleafe, 
Thro'  ail  their  a&ions  run. 

5  Kow  happy  is  the  pious  houfe, 

Where  zeal  and  friendfhip  meet, 
Where  fongs  of  praife,  and  mingled  vows. 
Make  the  communion  fweet  ! 

<>  Such  pleafure  crowns  the  heav'nly  hills  ; 
Thus  faints  are  bleft  above  ; 
Where  joy  like  morning  dew  diftils, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

HYMN         CXXVII. 

•     The   Beatitudes. 

LESS'D  are  the  humble  fouls,  who  fee 
Their  emptinefs  and  poverty  ; 


B 


HYMN    CXXVIII.         iai 

Treafures  of  love  to  them  are  given, 
And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heaven, 

2,  Elefs'd  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 
Who  mourn  for  fin  with  inward  fmart; 
From  heaven  the  dreams  of  mercy  flow, 
An  healing  balm  for  all  their  wo. 

3  Blefs'd  are  the  men  who  thirft  for  truth. 
Hunger  and  long  for  right  eoufnefs  ; 
They  (hall  be  well  fuppiy'd  and  fed 
With  living  ftreams,  and  living  bread. 

4  Blefs'd  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 
Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  ft  rife  ; 
They  fhall  be  call'd  the  heirs  of blifs, 
The  fons  of  God>  the  God  of  peace. 

5  Blefs'd  are  the  men  whole  bowels  move. 
And  melt  with  fympathy  and  love  ; 
From  God,  their  Lord,  fhall  they  obtain 
Like  fympathy  and  love  again. 

6  Blefs'd  are  the  pure,  whofe  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  powers  of  fin  ; 

With  endlefs  plealure  fhall  they  fee 
A  God  of  fpotiefs  purity. 

7  Blefs'd  are  the  men  who  now  partake. 
Of  ihame  and  pain,  for  Jefus'  fake  ;, 
Their  fouls,  exulting  in  the  Lord, 
Shall  fhare  at  lalt  a  juft  reward. 


HYMN         CXXVIII. 
^Ihe  different  Character  ofihe  Righteous  and  V/ickid, 


'H 


OW  greatly  blefs'd  the  man,  whofe  ear 
The  tinner's  council  fhuns  to  hear  j 
And  where  the  fens  of  folly  flray, 
Declines  his  ftudious  fceps  the  way. 


224  HYMN    CXXIX. 

a  Nor  frantic  mirth  he  deigns  to  (hare, 
Nor  fits  he  in  the  {corner's  chair ; 
His  heart,  poffefs'd  witlf  facred  awe» 
Daily  revolves  God's  holy  law. 

3  Like  a  fair  tree,  that,  taught  to  grow 
Where  living  fireams  of  water  flow, 
His  fruitful  branch  he  rears  on  high, 
Nor  fears  a  fickening  autumn  nigh. 

4  Whate'er  his  ready  thoughts  devife. 
He,  joyful,  to  the  work  applies  ; 
Still  fure  to  find  the  wifh'd  fuccefs 
R.epay  his  hope,  his  labour  blefs. 


HYMN        CXXIX. 

Ike  Blejfedmfs  of  true  Penitence. 

EYOND  expreffion  bleft  is  he 
Whofe  num'rous  fins  are  cover'd  o'er  ; 
The  humble  foul,  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  his  guilty  deeds  no  more. 


B 


2,  He  mourns  his  finful  follies  pad, 

And  keeps  his  heart  with  conftant  care  ; 
His  lips  and  life,  without  deceit, 
Shall  prove  his  penitence  fincere. 

3  The  man,  who  hides  his  confeious  guilt, 

Shall  pine  beneath  a  fecret  wound ; 
But  he,  who  owns  and  leaves  his  faults, 
With  peace  and  pardon  fhaJl  be  crown'd. 

4  The  Lord  hath  built  a  throne  of  grace, 

Free  to  difpenfe  his  mercies  there, 
That  finnerc.  may  approach  his  face, 
And  hops  and  love,  as  well  as  fear. 


H   Y  M  N  S  IAXX.   U&XX1. 
H     Y     M     N         CXXX. 
The  Gcfpel  Invitation  to  the  Penitent. 

1  /""^OMEi  weary  fouls,  with  fin  diftreft; 
V_/   To  you  is  ofler'd  heavenly  reft  ; 
The  kind,  the  gracious  call  obey, 

And  call  your  gloomy  fears  away. 

2  Opprcfs'd  with  guilt,  a  painful  load? 
O  come,  and  fpread  your  woes  abroad  ; 
Divine  companion,  mighty  love, 

Will  all  the  painful  load  remove. 

3  Here  mercy's  boundiefs  ocean  flows, 

.To  cleanfe  your  guilt  and  heal  your  woes  ; 
Pardon,  and  life,  and  endlefs  peace — 
How  rich  the  gift  !  how  free  the  grace  ! ' 

4.  Come  and  accept,  with  thankful  hearts* 
The  hope  which  heavenly  grace  imparts  ; 
O  come  with  trembling,  yet  rejoice> 
And  blefs  the  kind  inviting  voice. 

5   Great  God  !   O  may  thy  powerful  love 
ConfiFm  our  faith,  our  fears  remove, 
And  fweetly  influence  every  brcaft, 
And  guide  us  to  eternal  reft  ! 

H     Y     M     N         CXXXI. 

'The  Day  .cf  Salvation. . 

i        '"F'HC  fvVift  declining  day, 

A     How  faft  its  moments  fly  ! ' 
While  evening's  broad  and  gloomy  made 
Gains  on  the  weftern  fky. 

i       Ye  mortals,  mark  its  •-.ce, 
And  ufe  the  hours  of  light  ; 
And  know  it'.  Maker  can  command 
An  mftrmtnneous  night. 
L  z 


126  HYMN    CXXXIL 

3  Ills  word  blots  out  the  fuu 
In  its  meridian  blaze,. 

And  cuts  from  fmiling  vigorous  youth. 
The  remnant  of  its  day;. 

4  On  the  dark  mountain's  brow 
Your  feet  may  quickly  Hide, 

And  from  its  dreadful  fummit  dafh 
Your  momentary  pride. 

II     Y     M     N         CXXX1I. 
The  God  of  Mtrcy. 
LEST  be  the  grace  which  did  proclaim* 


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Lord  of  holts,  thy  holy  name 
"  The  Lord,  the  gracious  Lord, 

««  Long-fuffering,  merciful  and  kind  ; 

"  The  God  who  always  bears  in  mind 
M  His  everlafting  word. 

a  «'  Plenteous  he  is  in  truth  and  grace  ; 
««  He  wills  that  all  our  finful  race 

"  Should  turn,  repent,  and  live  ; 
««  His  pardoning  grace  for  all  is  free3 
««  Tranfgreffion,  fin,  iniquity, 

"  He  freely  doth  forgive." 

3  O  then  that  every  finful  foul, 

J3y  faith  and  penitence  made  whole* 

May  know  their  fins  forgiven  ; 
The  proffer'd  benefits  embrace, 
The  plenitude  of  gofpel  grace, 
The  antepaft  of  heaven  ! 

4  Be  this  our  one  great  bufinefs  here, 
With  ferious  iftd«ftry  and  care 

Our  future  blifs  to  enfure ; 
Thine  utmoft  counfel  to  fulfil, 
And  fuffer  all  thy  righteous  will* 

And  to  the  end  endure. 


HYMNS  CXXXIII.  CXXXIV.  ifc 


i-  T7RAI 

r  His 


H     Y     M     N         CXXXIII. 

The  Shortnefs  of  human  Life. 
L  is  the  Irate  of  mortal  man, 


life's  a  fhade,  his  days  a  fpan, 
He  can't  prolong  his  vital  breath, 
Nor  'Icape  the  unerring  ihaft  of  death. 

a  Soon  he  declines  from  youth  to  age, 
And  pafles  fwiftly  o'er  the  ftage  ; 
Swift  from  the  cradle  to  the  tomb, 
From  fprightly  fpring  to  winter's  gloom. 

3  Be  ever  watchful,  then,  my  foul. 

While  days,  and  months,  and  feafons  roll  $ 
Redeem  the  prefent  fleeting  hour, 
Improve  it  while  'tis  in  thy  power : 

4  That  when  this  tranfient  life's  no  more, 
And  all  its  joys  and  cares  are  o'er, 
From  death's  dark  vale  thou  may'ft  arife 
To  nobler  manfions  in  the  ikies. 

HYMN     CXXXIV. 

The  Frailty  of  human  Life. 

O  what  a  feeble  frame  is  ours  ! 
How  vain  a  thing  is  man  ! 
How  frail  are  all  our  boafted  pow'rs  U- 
And  fhort  at  belt  our  fpan  ! 


*L 


a.  Swift  as  the  feather' d  arrow  flies. 
And  cuts  the  yielding  air  ; 
Or  as  a  kindling  meteor  dies, 
Ere  it  can  well  appear  : 

3   So  pafs  our  fleeting  years  away. 
And  time  runs  on  its  race  ; 
In  vain  we  alk  a  moment's  ftay» 
Nor  will  it  flack  its  pace, 


i28  H  Y  M  N  S-CXXXV.  CXXXVI, 

4,0  make  us  truly  wife  to  learn 
How  very  frail  we  are  ; 
That  we  may  mind  our  grand  concern* 
And  for  our  death  prepare. 

II  Y  M  N     CXXXV. 

The  Frailty  and  SLortnefi  of  Life, 

I        T    ORD,  what  a  feeble  piece 
JL-^     Is  this  our  mortal  frame  ! 
Our  life,  how  poor  a  trifle  'tis, 
That  fcaree  delerves  the  name  ! 

s       Alas,  the  brittle  clay, 
.That  built  .our  body  nrft  ! 
And  ev'ry  month,  and  every  day3 
'Tis  mouldering  back  to  duft. 

3  Our  moments  fly  apace, 
Nor  will  our  minutes  ftay  ; 

Juft  like  a  flood  our  hafty  days  . 
Are  fweeping  us  away. 

4  Well,  if  our  days  muft  fly, 
We'll  keep  their  end  in  fight  f 

We'll  fpend  them  ail  in  wildom's  way? 
And  let  them  fpeed  their  flight. 

5  They'll  waft  us  fooner  o'er 
This  life's  tempeftuous  ftfa  ; 

Soon  we  fhall  reach  the  peaceful  fhore 
Of  b.  eft  eternity. 

HYMN         CXXXVI. 

&o  teach  us  to    number  cur  Days>   that  iue  may  (ipply 
our  Hearts  unto  Wijdzm. 

i       npO-morrow,   Lord,  is  thine, 

X       L6dg'd  in  thy  fovereign  hand  ; 
And  if  its  fun  a;  ife  and  Ihine, 
it  mines  by  thy  command. 


HYMN    CXXXVII.  129 

3       The  prefent  moment  flies, 
And  bears  our  life  away  ; 
O  make  thy  fervants  truly  wife, 
That  they  may  live  to  day. 

3  One  thing  demands  our  care ; 
O  be  it  ftili  purfu'd  ! 

Left,  flighted  once,  the  feafon  fanf- 
Should  never  be  renew'd. 

4  To  thee  O  may  we  fly, 
Swift  as  the  morning  light  ! 

Left  life's  young  golden  beams  lhould  die 
In  fudden,  endlefs  night. 

HYMN         CXXXVII. 

Redeeming  the  Time. 

2  f~>  OD  of  eternity,  from  thee 

VJ  Did  infant  time  its  being  draw  ; 
Moments,  and  days,  and  months,  and  years* 
Revolve  by  thine  unvaried  law. 

-2.  Silent  and  flow  they  glide  away  ; 
Steady  and  ftrong  the  current  flows  ; 
Loft  in  eternity's  vaft  fea, 
The  boundiefs  gulf  from  whence  it  rofe. 

3  With  it  the  thoughtlefs  fons  of  men 
Before  the  rapid  ft  reams  are  borne, 
On  to  that  everiafting  home, 
Whence  not  one  fcui  can  e'er  return. 

4  Yet  while  the  fhore  on  either  fide 
Prefents  a  gaudy,  fiatt'ring  fnew  ; 
They  gaze,  in  fond  amufement  loft, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  they  go- 

5  Great  Source  of  Wifdom,  teach  our  hear* 
To  know  the  price  of  every  hour  ; 

That  time  may  bear  us  on  to  joys 
Be}  ond  its  meafure  and  its  power. 


i^p  HYMNS  CXXXVIII.  CXXXIX. 

II     Y     M     N         CXXXVIII. 

//  is  appointed  unto  all  Men  once  to  die. 


'B 


EHOLD  the  path  which  mortals  tread 
Down  to  the  regions  of  the  dead  ! 
Nor  will  the  fleeting  moments  flay. 
Nor  can  we  mcafure  back  our  way. 


2  From  vital  air,  from  cheerful  light, 
To  the  cold  grave's  perpetual  night  ; 
From  fcenes  of  duty,  means  of  grace, 
I  mull  to  God's  tribunal  pafs. 

3  Awake,  my  foul !  thy  way  prepare, 
And  lofe  in  this  each  mortal  care  ; 
With  fteady  feet  the  path  be  trod, 
Which  thro'  the  grave  conduces  to  God. 

4  Then  (hall  I  fmile  fecure  from  fear, 
Tho'  death  lhould  blaft  the  rifing  year  ; 
And  joy  to  meet  the  blifsful  fhore, 
From  whence  I  thall  return  no  more. 

HYMN         CXXXIX. 

Death  the  Lot  of  all  Mankind. 

i   TP\eath  calls  our  friends,  our  neighbours,  hence? 
jL-J   And  none  refill  the  fatal  dart ; 
Continual  warnings  ftrike  our  fenfe-  - 
And  lhall  they  fail  to  reach  our  heart  ? 

1  That  awful  hour  will  foon  appear, 
(Swift  on  the  wings  of  time  it  flies) 
When  ail  that  pains  or  pleafes,  here, 
Shall  vaniih  from  our  doling  eyes. 

3   Lord  of  our  life,  infpire  our  heart 
With  heav'niy  ardour,  grace  divine  ; 
Nor  let  thy  prefencc  e'er  depart, 
For  ftrength,  and  life,  and  dcathj  tire  thine. 


HYMNS    CXL.    CXLI.      131 

4  O  teach  us  the  celeftial  (kill 
Each  awful  warning  to  improve  ; 
And,  while  our  days  are  fhort'ning  ftiil, 
Prepare  us  for  the  joys  above. 

HYMN         CXL, 

Mortality. 
OV'REIGN  of  life  !  before  thine  eye, 


-s 


Lo,  mortal  men  by  thoufands  die 
One  glance  from  thee  at  onse  brings  down 
The  proudeft  brow  that  wears  a  crown  ! 

a  BaniQVd  at  once  from  human  fight, 
To  the  dark  grave's  unchanging  night} 
Imprifon'd  in  that  dully  bed. 
We  hide  our- Solitary  head. 

3  The  friendly  band  no  more  fhali  greet,  ' 
(Accents  familiar  once,  and  fweet !) 
No  more  the  well-known  features  trace;. 
No  more  renew  the  fond  embrace. 

4  Yet,  if  our  Father's  faithful  hand 
Conduct  us  thro'  this  gloomy  land* 
Our  fouls  with  pleafure  mall  obey* 
And  follow  where  he  leads  the'  way, 

3§  He,  nobler  friends  than  here  we  leave? 
In  brighter,  furer  worlds,  can  give ; 
Or,  by  the  beamings  of  his  eye, 
A  loft  creation  weif  fupply. 

H     Y.    M     N         CXLI. 

■  ■God  cxir  Guardian  in  Life  and  Dea-tk, 

r».      TTHY  everlafting  truth, 

X       Father,  thy  ceafelefs  love, 
Sees  all  thy  children's  wants,  and  knows 
What  belt  for  each  will  prove. 


ni  M  Y  M  N    CXL1I. 

a       And  whatfoe'er  thou  will'ft 
Thou  do'ft,  O  King  of  Kings  ! 
What  thine  unerring  wifdom  chofe, 
Thy  power  to  being  brings. 

3  Thou  every  where  haft  way. 
And  all  things  ferve  thy  might ; 

Thy  every  a£t  pure  blefiing  is, 
Thy  path  unfullied  light. 

4  When  thou  arifeft,  Lord, 
What  fhall  thy  work  withftand  ? 

When  all  thy  children  want,  thou  giv'ft? 
Who,  wh»  (hall  ftay  thy  hand  ? 

5;       Thou  feed  our  weaknefs,  Lord; 
Our  hearts  are  known  to  thee  ; 
O  lift  thou  up  the  finking  hand* 
Confirm  the  feeble  knee. 

6       Let  us,  in  life,  and  death. 
Thy  ftedfaft  truth  declare, 
And  publiih,  with  our  lateft  breath, 
Thy  love  and  guardian  care. 

HYMN         CXLJI. 

Comfort  in  Sicknefs  and  Death. 

j  "T  T  THEN  fxknefs  (hakes  the  languid  frame, 
VV       Each  dazzling  pleafure  flies  ; 
Phantoms  of  blifs  no  more  obfcure 
Our  long  deluded  eyes. 

-2  Then  the  tremendous  arm  of  death 
Its  fatal  fceptre  fhews  ; 
And  nature  faints  beneath  the  weight 
Of  complicated  woes. 

.  3  The  tott'ring  frame  of  mortal  life 
Shall  crumble  into  duft  j 


H  Y  M'N  S  CXLIII.  CXllV.      133 

Nature  fhall  fair.t— but  learn,  my  foul, 
On  nature's  God  to  truft. 

4  The  man,  whofe  pious  heart  is  flx'd 
.    On  his  all-gracio&s  God, 
From  ev'ry  frown  may  draw  a  joy, 
And  kifs  the  chaft'ning  rod. 


Nor  him  fhall  death  itfelf  alarm  ; 

On  heav'n  his  foul  relies  ; 
With  joy  he  views  his  Maker's  love, 

And  with  compofure  dies. 

H     Y     M     N        CXLIII. 

The  Hope  f future  Blejfednefsa 

COME,  ye  who  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  your  joys  be  known  5 
Join  in  a  long  with  fweet  accord, 
While  ye  furround  his  throne. 

Let  thofe  refufe  to  fing, 
Who  never  knew  our  God  ; 
But  fervants  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  fpeak  their  joys  abroad. 

The  men  of  grace  have  found 
Glory  begun  below  ;  ~ 

Celeftial  fruits  on  earthly  ground 
From  faith  and  hope  may  grow. 

Then  let  our  fongs  abound, 
And  every  tear  be  dry  ; 
We're  marching  thro'  this  prefent  world 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high. 


N 


HYMN        CXLIV. 

A  View  of  Futurity. 

OW  let  our  fouls,  on  wings  fublime* 
Rife  from  the  vanities  ox  time  f 
M 


1^4  H    Y  M  N    CXLV. 

Draw  back  the  parting  veil,  and  fee 
The  glories  of  eternity. 

%  Born  by  a  new*  celcftial  birth, 

Why  fhould  we  grovel  here  on  earth  ? 
Why  grafp  at  tranfitory  toys, 
So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  ? 

3   Shall  ought  beguile  us  on  the  road, 
When  we  are  walking  back  to  God  ? 
For  flrangers  into  lite  we  come, 
And  dying  is  but  going  home. 

,4  To  dwell  with  God,  to  feel  his  Iove> 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoy'd  above  ; 
And  the  fweet  expectation  now 
Is  the  young  dawn  of  heaven  below. 

HYMN         CXLV. 

The  Profpeci  of  Heaven  a  Support  in  Death, 

i  HPHERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
JL       Where  faints  immortal  reign ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleafures  banifh  pain. 

a  There  everlafting  fpring  abides, 
And  never-fading  flowers  ; 
Death,  like  a  narrow  fea,  divides. 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 

3    Sweet  fields,  beyond  the  fwelling  flood? 
Stand  drefs'd  in  living  green  ; 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  flood, 
While  Jordan  roll'd  between. 

4  But  fearful  mortals  ftart,  and  fhrink, 
To  crofs  this  narrow  fea  ; 
And  linger,  fhiv'ring,  on  the  brink*1 
And  fear  to  latfnch  away. 


HYMNS  CXLVI.  CXLVII.      135. 

5:  Oh  !  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove* 
Thofe  gloomy  doubts  that  rife, 
And  fee  the  Canaan  that  we  love. 
With  unbeclouded  eyes  ; 

6  Could  we  but  climb  where  Mofes  flood* 
And  view  the  landfcape  o'er — 
Not  Jordan's  ftreams,  or  death's  cold  flood* 
Should  fright  us  from  the  more. 

H     Y     M     N        CXLVL 

Behold  the  Lamb  of  God  ! 

3        T>  EHOLD  the  Lamb  of  Cod  ! 
-D  The  holy  Baptift  cries  ; 
Whilft  joy  infpir'd  his  pious  breanV 
And  fparkled  in  his  eyes. 

a       Let  us  behold  the  Lamb  ; 
In  him  no  guile  we  fee; 
How  patient,  gentle,  meek  and  mild  ! 
From  ev'ry  error  free. 

3  See  Jefus,  like  a  lamb 
Led  to  the  facrifice  j 

And  filent  as  the.  iheep  which  dumb- 
Before  his  fhearer  lies. 

4  Behold  this  fpotlefs  Lamb  ! 
And  mark  the  path  he  trod  ! 

That  blefled  road  will  finely  lead 
To  happinefs  and  God. 

H     Y     M     N         CXLVII. 

The  Promife  is  unto  you  and  your  Children. 

^         T    ORD,  what  our  ears  have  heard, 
i~rf  Our  eyes,  delighted,  trace  ; 
Thy  love,  in  long  fuccelfion,  flaewn 
Xo  Sion'3  chofen  race  :•. 


i36  H  Y  M  N    CXLVIIL 

Our  children  doft  thou  claim, 
And  mark  them  out  for  thine  ! 
Ten  thoufand  bleffings  to  thy  namej 
Jor  goodnefs  fo  divine  ! 

%      Thee  let  the  fathers  own, 

And  thee  the  fons  adore  ; 
Join'd  to  the  Lord  in  folemn  vows3 

To  be  forgot  no  more  : 

Thy  cov'nant  may  thfey  keep, 

And  blefs  the  happy  bands, 
Which  clofer  ftill  engage  their  hearts 

To  honour  thy  commands. 

3  How  great  thy  mercies,  Lord  \ 
How  plenteous  is  thy  grace  ! 

Which,  in  the  promife  of  thy  love? 

Includes  each  rifing  race  : 

Our  offspring,  ftill  thy  care, 

Shall  own  their  fathers'  God  ; 
To  lateft  time  thy  bleffing  ihare, 

And  found  thy  praife  abroad. 

4  But  weak  our  nobleft  praife, 
For  favours  fuch  as  thine  ; 

O  how  can  tongues  of  feeble  clay 

Proclaim  the  love  divine  ! 

We  wonder  and  adore  ! 

And,  to  exalt  fuch  grace, 
We  long  to  learn  the  longs  of  heaven* 

Before  wc  reach  the  place.  * 

H     Y     M     N         CXLVIIL 

God  tbs  Dvjclling-FLice  ef  his  People  through  all 
Generations. 

I  HPHOU,  Loid  thro'  ev'ry  changing  fcene». 
jL     Haft  to  thy  flock  a  refuge  been  ; 
Thro'  ev'ry  age,  eternal  God, 
Their  pleating  home,  their  fafr  abode* 


HYMN    CXLIX.  157 

X.  In  thee  our  fathers  fought  their  reft* 
In  thee  our  fathers  now  are  blelt : 
Lo,  we  are  rifen  (a  transient  race) 
A  while  to  fill  our  fathers'  place. 

3  While  travelling  thro'  life's  varied  road,  = 
We  lean  upon  our  fathers'  God  ; 

On  thee  our  ftedfaft  hopes  recline» 
Nor  own,  nor  afk,  a  help  but  thine. 

4  To  thee  our  infant  race  we  give  ; 
Them  may  their  fathers'  God  receive  ? 
By  fweet  experience  let  them  prove 
Thy  merey,  thine  unchanging  love. 

5  Thus  voices  yet  unform'd  fhall  raife, 
A  grateful  tribute  to  thy  praife  ; 
Our  children  learn  the  joyful  fong, 
And  theirs  the  cheerful  notes  prolong. 

6  Thou  Saviour  of  the  human  race  ! 
Thou  Fountain  of  exhauftlefs  Grace  I 
Thy  mercy  ages  part  have  known, 
And  ages  long  to  come  fhall  own. 

7  So  mall  thy  love,  in  flrains  fublime. 
Be  lung  to  the  lafl  hour  of  time  : 
Then  mall  eternity  confefs, 

Thro'  all  its  rounds,  thy  matchlefs  grace.- 

H     Y     M     N         CXLIX.. 
Family  -Devotion* . 

1:  THATHER  of  all !  thy  care  we  blefs, 
X     Which  crowns  our  families  with  peace  : 
From  thee  they  fpriog,  and  by  thy  hand 
They  have  been,  and  are  ftiil  fuflain'd. 

2  To  Got!,  mofl  worthy  to  be  prais'd, 
Be  .our  domeltick  altars  rais'd, 
M  % 


158  HYMNS    CL.    CLI. 

Who,  Lord  of  heav'n,  fcorns  not  to  dwelt 
With  faints  in  their  obfeureft  cell. 

3  To  thee  may  each  united  houfe 
With  joy  prcfent  its  grateful  vows ; 
Our  i'ervanks,  there,  and  rifing  race, 
Ee  taught  thy  precepts  and  thy  grace. 

4  O  may  each  future  age  proclaim 
The  honours  of  thy  glorious  name  ! 
"While,  pleas'd  and  thankful,  we  remove- 
To  join  thy  family  above. 

H     Y     M     N        CL. 

The  BleJJing  of  a  Go/pel  Minijl>y. 

i    T  TOW  bled  are  they,  how  truly  wife, 
XJL  Who  learn  and  keep  the  facred  road  ! 
Happy  the  men  whom  Heav'n  employs 
To  turn  our  wand'ring  hearts  to  God  ! 

2  While  thefe  declare  the  written  word, 
And  prove  their  do&rine  from  the  Lordj 
To  him,  in  them,  refpecl  we'll  pay, 
And  blefs  the  uoclrines  they  convey. 

3  Let  them  inftrucl — we  would  be  wife  ; 
Their  juft  reproofs  we'll  not  defpiie  ; 
But  meet  with  love  their  faithful  cares, 
And  join  with  them  our  fervent  prayers, 

4  May  peace  from  heav'n  upon  them  reft, 
And  be  their  labour?-  greatly  blelt, 

To  fave  from  fin,  fad  hearts  relieve — 
And  may  they  (hare  the  joys  they  give> 


'A' 


HYMN         CLI. 

Chrijlian  Felloiii/hip. 

iBA,   Father,  God  of  love  ! 
Send  thy  blefling  from  above ; 


HYMN    CLI.  1,39? 


Light  and  life  to  all  impart  ; 
Shine  on  each  believing  heart  ; 
Kindly  comfort  all  who  mouriip 
Into  joy  their  farrow  turn; 

3  Joy  which  none  can  take  away, 
joy  which  flialt  for  ever  flay- ; 
All  thy  kingdom  from  above, 
All  the  happinefs  of  love  ; 
Be  it  to  thy  fervants  given, 
Pardon,  holinefs,  and  heaven. 

3  Glorious  in  thy  faints  appear, 
Plant  thy  heavenly  kingdom  here 
Faith  and  love  and  joy  increafe, 
Temperance  and  gentlenefs ; 
Plant  in  us  an  humble  mind, 
Patient,  pitiful,  and  kind  ; 

4  Meek  and  lowly  let  us  be, 
Full  of  goodnefs,  full  of  thee  5 
Make  us  all  in  thee  complete, 
Make  us  all  for  glory  meet, 
Meet  to  appear  before  thy  fight, 
Partners  with  the  faints  in  light. 

5  Let  us,  in  our  fpirits,  prove 
All  the  depths  of  humble  love  ; 
Let  us,  in  our  lives,  exprefs 
All  the  heights  of  holinefs  ; 

To  thy  church  the  pattern  give3 
She*  how  true  believers  live. 

6  When  the  glorious  race  is  run, 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won 
Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  thy  family  above  ; 

On  the  wings  of  angels  fly, 
Shew  how  true  believers  die. 


i4o         HYMNS  <§LIL  CLIIL 

HYMN         CLII. 

A  Funeral  Hymn. 

i  HPHE  God  of  love  will  fure  indulge 
JL     The  flowing  tear,  the  heaving  iigh. 
When  righteous  perfons  fall  around, 
When  tender  friends  and  kindred  die. 

a  Yet  not  one  anxious  murmuring  thought 
Should  with  our  mourning  paflions  blend  ; 
Nor  fhoukl  our  bleeding  hearts  forget 
Th'  Almighty  ever-living  friend. 

3  Beneath  a  numerous  train  of  ills, 
Our  feeble  fleih  and  heart  may  fail ; 
Yet  fhall  our  hope  in  thee,  our  God, 
O'er  every  gloomy  fear  prevail. 

4  Parent  and  hufhand,  guard  and  guide9 
Thou  art  each  tender  name  in  one ;  ' 
On  thee  we  caft  our  every  care, 

And  comfort  feek  from  thee  alone. 

5  Our  Father,  God,  to  thee  we  look  ; 
Our  rock,  our  portion,  and  our  friend  J 
And  on  thy  gracious  love  and  truth, 
Our  finking  fouls  fhall  ftill  depend. 

HYMN        CLin. 

The  Mifiion  ofChrift. 

1   TJARK  the  glad  found,  the  Saviour  comes  5 
JLJL     The  Savioun  promis'd  long; 
Let  ev'ry  heart  a  throne  prepare, 
Andev'ry  voice  a  fong  ; 

3  On  him  the  Spirit,  largely  fhedj 
Exerts  its  facred  fire  ; 
Wrfdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  Loycj 
His  holy  bicalt  infpirft. 


HYMN    CLIV.  H.t 

3  He  comes,  the  pris'ners  to  relieve* 
In  errors  bondage  held  ;. 
The  gates  of  brafs   before  him  burft, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

3.  He  comes,  from  thickeft  clouds  of  vice 
To  clear  the  darken'd  mind  ; 
And,  from  on  high,  a  faving  light 
To  pour  upon  the  blind. 

5  He  comes,  the. broken  hearts  to  bind*. 
The  bleeding  fouls  to  cure  ; 
And,  with  the  treafures  of  his  grace, 
T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

HYMN         CLIV. 

The  Divine  Poiver  and  Energy  t 

i     A  UTHOR  of  everj'  work  divine, 
il  Who  doft  thro'  both  creations  {hirve.-. 

The  God  of  nature  and  of  grace, 
Thy  glorious  fleps  in  all  we  fee, 
And  wifdom  attribute  to  thee, 

And  power,  and  majefty,  and  praifeo 

3  That  all-informing  breath  thoit  art» 
Who  doft  continued  lire  impart, 

A  nd  bidft  the  world  perfift  to  be ; 
Garnifh'd  by  thee  yon  azure  fisjrj 
And  all  thofe  beauteous  orbs  on  high 

Depend  in  golden  chains  from  thee. 

2  Thou  doft  create  the  earth  anew> 
Its  Maker  and  Preferver  too, 

By  thine  almighty  arm  fuftain  ; 
Nature  perceives  thy  feciet  force, 
And  ftili  holds  on  her  even  courfe, 

And  owns  thy  providential  reign. 

4  Thou  art  the  Unive.rfal  foul, 
The  plaftick  pewer  that  tills  the  whole? 


ft 


142      HYMNS    rLV.     CLVI. 

And  governs  earth,  air,  fea,  and  iky  ; 
The  creatures  all  thy  breath  rcceive> 
And  who  by  thy  infpiring  live. 

Without  thy  infpiration  die. 

$  Spirit  immence,  eternal  Mind  ! 
Thou  on  the  fouls  of  all  mankind 

Doft  with  benigneft  influence  move  ; 
Pleas'd  to  reftore  a  finful  race, 
And  new  create  a  world  of  grace 
In  all  the  image  of  thy  love. 

HYMN         CLV. 
The  Divine  Influence  implored. 

1  "C>ATHERof  everlafting  love, 

J.       Take  to  thyfelf  thy  mighty  power ; 
Let  all  earth's  fons  thy  mercies  prove, 
Let  all  thy  wond'rous  grace  adore. 

2  The  triumphs  of  thy  love  difplay, 

In  every  heart  reign  thou  alone, 
Till  all  thy  foes  confefs  thy  fway, 
And  glory  ends  what  grace  begun. 

3  The  God  of  grace,  and  health,  and  power*. 

Fountain  of  light  and  love  below, 
Abroad  thine  healing  influence  fhower, 
O'er  all  the  nations  let  it  flow. 

4  Inflame  our  hearts  with  perfect  love, 

In  us  the  work  of  faith  fulfil ; 
So  not  heaven's  hoft  (hall  fwifter  move* 
Than  we  on  earth,  to  do  thy  will. 

HYMN         CLVI. 

God  is  Light. 

x  THOUNTAIN  of  uncreated  light ! 
J?    Thou  giver  of  the  mental  light  i 


h  y  mm    clvii.        143 

Thy  beams  on  all  are  fhed ; 
Thy  grace,  on  all  mankind  beflow'd, 
Still  points  each  feeking  foul  the  road 

To  happinefs  and  God. 

s  Lighten'd  by  thine  interior  ray, 
Thee  ev'ry  child  of  Adam  may 

His  unknown  God  explore, 
And,  following  clofe  thy  iecret  graces 
Immerge  into  that  glorious  place 

Where  darknefs  is  no  more. 

3  The  univerfal  light  thou  art, 

And  turn'd  to  thee  the  datkeft  heart 

A  glimmering  fpark  may  find  ! 
Let  man  rejecl.  it  or  embrace, 
Thou  offereft  thy  faving  grace 

To  us  and  all  mankind. 

4  Light  of  our  foul,  we  follow  thee 
In  humble,  faith  on  earth  to  fee 

Thy  perfect  day  of  love, 
And  then  with  all  thy  faints  in  light 
To  gain  the  beatifick  fight 

Which  makes  their  heaven  above. 


G 


HYMN        CLVII. 

■For  New  Tear's  Day. 
OD  of  our  life  !  thy  conftant  care 


With  bleflings  crowns  each  rifing  year 
This  feeble  life  thou  doft  prolong, 
And  wake  anew  our  annual  fong. 

2  How  many  precious  fouls  are  fled 
To  the  vaft  regions  of  the  dead, 
Sintfe  from  this  day  the  changing  fun 
Thro'  his  laft  yearly  period  run  ! 

3  We  yet  furvive— but  who  can  fay, 
Or  thro'  the  year>  or  month,  or  day? 


i44  K  Y  M  JjfptVni, 

He  (hall  retain  his  vital  breath  ? 

Thus  far,  at  leaft,  in  league  with  death  4 

4  That  breath  is  thine,  eternal  God  ! 
'Tis  thine  to  fix  the  foul's  abode  : 
We  hold  our  life  from  thee  alone, 
On  earth,  or  in  the  world  unknown. 

5  To  thee  our  fpirits  we  refign  : 

O  make  and  own  them  ftill  as  thine  ! 
So  (hall  they  fmile,  fecure  from  fear, 
Tho'  death  lhould  biaft  the  rifing  year. 

6  Thy  children,  eager  to  be. gone, 
Bid  time's  impetuous  tide  roll  on, 
And  land  them  on  that  happy  more 
Where  fin  and  death  are  known  no  more. 

H     Y     M     N         CLVIII. 

Far  the  Beginning  of  a  New  Year. 

3  r>  REAT  God  !    we  fing  that  mighty  handp 
vT  By  which  fupported  ftill  we  ftand  : 
The  opening  year  thy  mercy  fhaws, 
Thy  mercy  crowns  it  till  it  clofe. 

•%  By  day,  by  night,  at  home,  abroad, 
Still  are  we  guarded  by  our  God, 
By  thine  inceflarit  bounty  fed, 
By  thine  "unerring  counfel  led. 

3  With  grateful  hearts  the  paft  we  own  j 
The  future,  all  to  us  unknown, 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  fubmit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4  In  fcenes  exalted,  or  deprefs'd, 
Thou  art  our  joy,  and  thou  our  reft  ; 
Thy  g.'cinefs  all  our  hopes  thall  raifej 
Ador'd  thro'  all  our  changing  days. 


H   Y  M  N  S     CL1X.     CLX.      145 

5  When  death  fnall  interrupt  thefe  fongs 
And  feal  in  filence  mortal  tongues, 
Cur  helper,  God,  in  whom  we  truft, 
In  better  worlds,  our  fouls  fhall  bcait. 

H     Y     M     N         CLIX. 

Thank/giving  for    National  Peace. 

I   TV[CW  let  our  fongs  addrefs  the  God  of  peace, 
1\    Who  bids  the  tumult  cf  the  battle  ceafe  ! 
The  pointed  fpears  to  pruning  hooks  he  bends, 
And  the  broad  faulchion  in  the  ploughihare  endsi 
His  powerful  bands  unite  contending  nations 
In  kind  embrace,  and  friendly  falutations. 

c  While  we  beneath  our  vines  and  fig-trees  fit* 
Or  thus  within  thy  facred  temple  meet, 
Accept,  great  God,  the  tribute  of  our  fong, 
And  all  the  mercies  of  this  day  prolong  : 
Then  fpread  thy  peaceful  word  thro'  ev'ry  nation, 
That  all  the  earth  may  hail  thy  great  falvation. 

HYMN         CLX. 

Tbankfglving  for  Peace. 

\    r>  REAT  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  fkies  ! 
VJ  A  word  of  thy  almighty  breath 
Can  fink  the  world,  or  bid  it  rife  ; 
Thy  fmile  is  Hfe,  thy  frown  is  death. 

'■ft  When  angry  natrbns  rum  to  arms, 

And  rage,  and  noife,  and  tumult,  reiga, 
And  war  refounds  its  dire  alarms, 
And  flaughter  fpreads  the  holtile  plain ; 

3  Thy  fov'reign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 

And  marks  their  courfe,  and  bounds  their  pow'rj 
Thy  word  the  angry  nations  own, 
And  noife  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

N 


i46  H  Y  M  N    CLXI. 

4  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wing, 
(Sweet  peace  !   with  her  what  blehings  fled  !) 
iilad  plenty  laughs,  the  vallies  ling, 
Reviving  commerce  lifts  her  head. 

5  Thou  good,  and  wife,  and  righteous  Lord  ! 
All  move  fiibfervient  to  thy  will  ! 

And  peace  and  war  await  tiiy  word, 
And  thy  fublimc  decree  fulfil. 

6  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  fongr-, 
Thy  kind  protection  Hill  implore  : 

O  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongucs> 
Confefs  thy  goodnefs,  and  adore  ! 


H     Y     M     N         CLXI. 

'Thanks  for  National  ProteSlion. 

OCome,  let  us  fing  to  the  Lord,  a  new  fong. 
And  praife  him  to  whom  all  our  praifes  belong  1 
While  we  enter  his  temple  with  gladnefs  and  joy, 
Let  a  p  falm  of  thankigiving  our  voices  employ  ! 
O  come,  to  his  name  let  us  joyfully  fing  ! 
For  the  Lord  is  a  great  and  omnipotent  King  ; 
l*y   his  word  were   the    heavens  and   the  holt  of 

them  made, 
And  of  the  round  world  the  foundation  he  laid. 

He  ftilleth  the  waves  of  the  boifterous  fea, 

And  *  the   tumults  of  men*  more  outrageous  than 

they  : 
Thy  goodnefs,    O  Lord  !  let  the  people  confefs 
Whom  wars  do  not  wafte,  nor  proud  tyrants  opprefs 
And  devoutly  contemplate  thy  wonderful  ways, 
Thou  wholur  nelt  the  rierceneisof  men  to  thyprai 
Then  our  lands  in  due  feafon  lhall  yield  their  i 

creafe, 
./tod  the  Lord    give  his  people  the  bleflings  of  peaqe 


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HYMNS  CLXII.  CLXIII.       147 

HYMN         CLXII. 

The  RlrJJing  of  Civil  Government. 

t   T7TERNAL,  fov'reigii  Lord  on  high, 
li      And  Lord  of  all  below  ! 
Wc  mortals  to  thy  Majefty 
Our  firit  obedience  owe. 

z  Our  fouls  adore  thy  pow'r  fupreme, 
And  blefs  thy  providence. 
For  magiftrates  of  meaner  name, 
Our  glory  and  defence. 

3  Kingdoms  on  firm  foundations  Hand* 

While  virtue  finds  reward  ; 
And  finr.er  s  periiii  from  the  land, 
By  juftice  and  the  fword. 

4  Where  laws  and  liberties  combine 

To  make  a  people  bled, 
There  crowns  whh  blighted  luftre  fhine, 
And  kings  are  honour'U  bed. 

5  Let  Caefar's  due  be  ever  paid 

To  Casfar  and  his  throne  ; 
But  confeiences  and  fouls  were  made 
For  thee,  O  God  !  alone, 

HYMN         CLXIII. 

Univerfal  Prayer. 

1    TjVATHER  of  all  !  in  ev'ry  age, 
JL       In  ev'ry  clime  ador'd, 
By  faint,  by  favage,  and  by  fage, 
Jehovah,  J  o  v  &  >  or  Ljo  rd  ! 

z  Thou  great  Firfl  Caufe  !  lead  underilood ! 
Who  all  my  fenfe  confuvd 
To  know  but  this — that  thou  art  good, 
And  that  myi'elf  am  blind  i 


i4«  HYMN    CLXI1I. 

3  Yet  gave  me,  in  this  dark  eftate, 

To  fee  the  good  from  ill, 
And,  binding  nature  faft  in  fate, 
Left  free  the  human  will : — 

4  What  conference  didates  to  be  done, 

Or  warns  me  not  to  do, 
This  teach  me  more  than  hell  to  mun> 
That,  more  than  heav'n  puriue  : 

5  What  bleffmgs  thy  free  bounty  gives* 

Let  me  not  caft  away  ; 
For  Cod  is  paid",  when  man  receives  ; 
T'  enjoy  is  to  obey. 

6  Yet  not  to  earth's  contracted  fpan 

Thy   goodnefs  let  me  bound, 
Or  think  the  Lord  alone  of  man, 
When  thoufand  worlds  are  round, 

7  Let  not  this  weak,  unknowing  hand 

Prefume  thy  bolts  to  throw, 
And  deal  damnation  round  the  land; 
On  each  I  judge  thy  foe. 

%  If  I  am  right,  O  teach  my  heart 
Still  in  the  right  to  ftay  * 
If  I  am  wrong,  "thy  grace  impart. 
To  find  the  better  way, 

4  Save  me  alike  from  foolith  pride. 
Or  impious  difcontenr, 
At  aught  thy  wifdom  has  deny'd* 
Or  aught  thy  goodnefs  lent. 

10  Teach  me  to  feel  another's  wo. 
To  hide  the  fault  I  fee  ; 
That  mercy  I  to  others  ll.o.v, 
That  mercy  mow  to  me. 


HYMN     CLXIII.  149 

11   Mean  tho'  I  ami  not  wholly  lb,  „ 
Since  quicken' d  by  thy  breath  ; 
O  lead  me  wherei'oe'er  1  go, 
Thro'  this  day's  life  or  death. 

iz  This  day,  be  bread  and  pezce  nay  Idt  j 
All  elfe  beneath  the  fun 
Thou  know 'ft  it  bell  beftow'd,  or  not— - 
And  let  thy  will  be  done. 

13  To  thee,  whofe  temple  is  all  fpace— ■ 
Whofe  altar,  earth,  fea,  fides — 
.  One  chorus  let  all  being  raife  1 
All  nature's  incenfe  raife  J 


a  z 


The  Subj  ect$  of  the  foregoing  Hymn  s»  which, 
are  taken  chiefly'from  the  Salisbury  C.oUedlion. 

Hymn 
The  divine  PerfeBlcns  I —      J>> 

Creation,  Prtfervation,  and  temporal  BlefJngs  9—   30- 
BleJJingi  temporal  and fpiritual  3»  —  53 

The  Go/pel  Dffenfaiioti  54— r   64 

General  Forms  of  Praife  and  Thank/giving   65—-  74 
Adoration 

Confidence  and  Rejignation 
Faith,  Holinefs,  and  moral  Virtues 
Repentance  and  Pardon 
Life,  Death,  and  a  future  State 
'The  Communion 
Baptifm 
Ordination 

At  the  Eftablifhtnent  of  a  religious.  Society  15 1 
Funeral  Hymn  152 

Miffion  cf  Chrift  aud  the  Spirit  J53 — ^56 

New  Tea  rys  Day  J  5  7—  *  5  8 

Public  Thankfgivingfor  national  Bkffings  1 59-' 1 6a 
Univerfal  Frayer  163 


75- 

85 

S6- 

•ior 

102— 

-128 

129- 

-I3Z 

133- 

■145 

146 

H7- 

-149 

150 

A.  TABLE  OF  FIRST  LINES, 


Hymn 

ABBA,   Father,.  God  of  love  151 
Ah,  v/retchcd  fouls,  who  ftill  remain        104 

Alt-knowing  God,  'tis  thine  to  know.  i 

Almighty  Author  of  our  frame  6$ 

Almighty  Maker,   God  9 

And  art  thou  with  us,  gracious  Lord.  87 

Author  of  every  work  divine.  154. 

Author  of  good,  to  thee  we  come  79 

Awake  our  fouls,  away  our  rears  93 

Awake  my  foul,  lift  up  thine  eyes  103 

Awake  my  foul,  ftretch  every  nerve  105 

Awake  my  foul,  awake  my  tongue  51 

B 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne  4 

Before  the  awful  throne  we  bow  66 

Behold  the  morning  fun  5$ 

Behold  the  path  which  mortals  tread  13& 

Behold  the  Lamb  of  God  146 

Behold  where  breathing  love  divine  124 

Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God.  .74 

Beyond  expreffion  bleft  is  he  129 

Blefs'd  be  the  everlafting  God  6r 

Bleft  are  the  humble  fouls  who  fee  127 

Bleft  be  the  grace  which,  did  proclaim  13  a 

C 

Can  laughter  feed  th'  immortal  mind  116 

Come  weary  fouls  with  fin  diftreft  130 

Come  ye  wfio  love  the.  Lord  143 

Commit  thou  all  thy  ways  97 

D 
Death  calls  our  friends,  our  neighbours  hence  139 

E 

Eternal  God,  Almighty  Caufe  3 

Eternal  Source  of  life  and  thougiifc  76 


Hymn 

Eternal  Source  of  every  joy  1 5 

Eternal  Sovereign,  "Lord  on  high  162 

F 

Father  of  all,  in  every  age  163 

Father  of  all,  thy  care  we  blefs  149 

Father  of  everlafting  love  j  s  <; 

Father  of  men,  who  can  complain  Co 

Father  of  mercies,  God  of  love  83 

Fountain  of  being,  God  of  love  8$ 

Fountain  of  uncreated  light  35 0 

Frail  is  the  ftate  of  mortal  man  133 

From  all  who  dwell  below  the  fkics  74 

G 

Give  to  our  God  immortal  praife  23 

God  of  eternity,  from  thee  **37 

God  of  cur  life,  thy  conftant  care  157 

God,  who  in  various  methods  told  54 

Great  God,  at, end,  while  Sion  lings  4S 

G-reat  God,  how  endlefs  is  thy  love  30 
Great  God,  the  heaven's  well-order'd  frame        10 

Great  God,  this  facred  day  of  thine  77 

Great  God,  to  thee-  our  grateful  tongues  28 

Great  God,  to  thee,  the  mighty  King  6 

Great  God,  we  fing  that  mighty  hand  158 

Great  Lord  of  earth,  and  fsas,  and  Ikies  94 

Great  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  ikies  1C0 

H 

Had  we  the  tongues  of  Greeks  or  Jews  125 

Hail,  the  God  of  our  falvation  57 

Hail,  thou  eternal  King  71 

Happy  is  he  who  fears  the  Lord  321 

Happy  the  fouls  who  trull  in  God  oi 

Happy  the  foul  whole  early  years  114 

Hark  from  the  tombs  a  dolctul  found  46 

He  who  hath  made  his  refuge  God  1  49 

High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God  4.1 

Holy,  holy,  hoi?  Lord  70 


Hymn 

How  are  thy  fervants  blefs'd,  O  Lord  29 

How  bleft  are  they,  how  truly  wile  150 

How  cheerful  along  the  gay  mead  19 

How  gentle  God's  commands  100 

How  greatly  blefs'd  the  man,  whofe  eai;  128 . 

How  happy  is  the  Christian's  mind  109 

1 

If  folid  happinefs  we  prize  117 

I'll  praife  my  Maker  while  I've  breatli  53 

.In  all  our  Maker's  vaft  defigns  5 

In  the  loft  ieafon'  of  thy  youth  1 1  j 

J 

Join  every  tongue  to  praife  the  Lord  12, 

L 

Let  every  creature  join  25 

Let  every  mortal  ear  attend  64 

Let  every  tongue  thy  gooanefs  fpeak  52 

Let  party  ftrife  no  more  122 

Lift  your  voice,  and  thankful  ling  22 

Lo  God  is  here  J  let  us  adore  75 

Lo  my  Shepherd's  hand  divine  36. 

Lo  what  a  feeble  frame  is  ours  134 

Lo  what  an  entertaining  fight  126 

Long  as  we  live  we'll  blefs  thy  nams  67 

Lord,  for  the  juft  thou  dofl  provide  4£ 

Lord,  how  myfterious  are  thy  ways  95 

Lord,  thro'  the  dubious  paths  of  life  81 

Lord,  wa  adore  thy  wond'rous  name  90 

Lord,  what  a  feeble  piece  i$$ 

Lord,  what  our  ears  have  heard  147 

Lord,  when  our  rapturd  thought  furveys  %1 

Loud  be  thy  name  ador'd  62 

M. 

Mark  the  foft  falling  fnow  59 

Miftaken  foujs,  who  dream  of  heaven  101 

My;  foul,  abjure  the  accurfed  throng  12* 


N  Hymav 

Nor  eye  hath  feen,  nor  ear  hath  heard  107 
NoW  let  our  fongs  addrefs  the  God  of  peace       159 

Now  let  our  fouls  on  wings  fublime  144 

O 

O  come  let  us  join  73 
O  come  let  us  fing  to  the  Lord  a  new  fong         16  r 

O  for  an  hymn  of  univerfai  praife  2.6 

O  God,  on  thee  we  all  depend  S6 

O  God.  our  Father  and  our  King.  123 

O  happy  fouls  who  live  on  high  no 

O  Lord,  how  glorious  is  thy  name  17 

O- praife  the  Lord,  our  heavenly  King  43 

O  that  the  Lord  would  guide  our  ways  80 

O  thou  the  wretthed's  fure  retreat  7 

O  thou  Avhe  to  our  humble  prayer  44 

O  'tis  a  lovely  tiling  to  lee  1  [9 

On  thee,  O  God,  we  ftill  depend  89 

Our  hearts  fhall  triumph  in  the  Lord  78 

Our  Maker  and  our  King  69 

Our-  Shepherd  is  the  living  Lord  33 

P 

Patience  !   O  'tis  a  grace  divine  1 18 

Praife  God,  from  whom  all  bleffings  flow  63 

Praife  the  Lord,  let  praife  employ  zj 

Praife  to  God,  immortal  praife  15 

Praife  to  the  Sovereign  of  the  flcy  ior 

Praife  to  thy  name,  eternal  God  84 

S 

Shine  on  our  fouls,  eternal  God  85 

Since  thou,  the  everlafting  God  92, 

Sing  to  the  Lord  a  joyful  fong  50 

So  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprels  106 

Songs  of  immortal  praife  belong  20 

Sovereign  Lord  of  might  and  glory  7a 

Sovereign  of  life,  before  thine  eye  140 

T 

The  darken'd  fky,  how  thick  it  lowers  98 

The  God  of  love  will  lure  indulge  152 


Hymn 

The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord  56 
The  Lord  is  my  fhepherd,  my  guardian  St  guide  37 

The  Lord  my  pafture  mall  prepare  35 

The  Lord  my  ihepherd  is.  3,4. 

The  Lord  of  glory  reigns,  he  reigns  on  high  & 

The  fpacious  firmament  on  high  1 

The  fwift  declining  day  131 

There  is  a  God,  all  nature  fpeaks  11 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight  145 

Thou  God  of  our  falvation  58 

Thou  Lord  thro'  every  changing  fcene  148 

•  Thy  everlafting  truth  141 

Thy  people  Lord  have  ever  found  96 

Thy  prefence  everlafting  God  8a 

To-morrow  Lord  is  thine  136 

W 

Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  heirs  of  hope  99 

We  blefs  the  God,  whofe  bounteous  love  16 

We  blefs  the  Lord,  the  great,  the  good  14 

When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God  4a 

When  lfrael  thro'  the  defert  pafs'd  3Z 

When  ficknefs  ibakes  the  languid  frame  14a 

Wherewith  (hall  I  approach  the  Lord  siz 

Whoe'er  with  humble  fear  38 

Who  fhall  to  thy  chofen  feat  113 

Y 

Ye  bleft  inhabitants  of  heaven  24 

Ye  humble  fouls,  complain  no  more  10S 

Ye  humble  fouls  in  God  rejoice  3.9 

Ye  nations,  round  the  earth  rejoice  21 

Ye  fons  of  men,  with  joy  record    -  jS 

Ye  tribes  of  earth,  in  God  rejoice  -£$ 


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